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Beckett on Film
To mark the 50th anniversary of the world premiere of Beckett's best-knowwnork, Waiting for Godot, STAGE ON SCREEN presents a new film version directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
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Beckett on Film -- Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 10:00 p.m.
Waiting for Godot -- Wednesday, January 1, 2003 at 9:30 p.m.

The American broadcast premiere of eight new cinematic adaptations of plays by Samuel Beckett from the Irish "Beckett on Film" project, plus documentary and archival material.

Host Jeremy Irons


Directors and Cast:

Program 1: Beckett on Film

"Catastrophe"
Director:
David Mamet
Cast:
John Gielgud
Harold Pinter
Rebecca Pidgeon

"Ohio Impromptu"
Director:
Charles Sturridge
Cast:
Jeremy Irons

"Come and Go"
Director:
John Crowley
Cast:
Paola Dionisotti
Anna Massey
Sian Phillips

"Breath"
Director:
Damien Hirst
Cast:
Keith Allan (voice)

"Play"
Director:
Anthony Minghella
Cast:
Alan Rickman
Kristen Scott Thomas
Juliet Stevenson

"Act Without Words II"
Director:
Enda Hughes
Cast:
Pat Kinevane
Marcello Magni

"What Where"
Director:
Damien O'Donnell
Cast:
Sean McGinley
Gary Lewis

 Program 2: Waiting for Godot

"Waiting for Godot"
Director:
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast:
Barry McGovern
Johnny Murphy
Stephen Brennan
Alan Stafford
Sam McGovern


For the

Produced by:
Michael Colgan
Alan Moloney

Executive Producers:
Joan Egan
Joe Mulholland
Rod Stoneman

For the

Producer:
Steven Tabakin

Executive Producer:
Jac Venza


For thirteen.org

Producer
Jennifer Crowe

Art Director
Sabina Daley

Designer
Lenny Drozner

Production Assistance
Peter Tierney
Josh Zizmor

Writing
Megan Kew

Technical Director
Brian Lee

HTML Implementation
Brian Santalone