Daily Archives: October 15, 2018

IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE: ON BECKETT – THE CLOWN KNOWS

Under the unassuming surface, the four great initial plays of Samuel Beckett embrace the fundamental themes of existence and, like no others in English since Shakespeare’s, wrestle them to the ground. For each of mankind’s defeats – by faith, love, society, and mortality – Beckett conjures up a tremendous theatrical master image that, supported by […]