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The EssaySamuel Beckett - Happy DaysEpisodes

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  1. Beckett and the Wake

    5/5Photographer John Minihan on taking some of the best-known photographs of Samuel Beckett.

  2. Lost in Translation

    4/5Director Netia Jones on the relationship between words and music in Samuel Beckett's work.

  3. Beckett expert Dr Mark Nixon on editing a Beckett story 80 years after it was written

    3/5Beckett expert Dr Mark Nixon on editing a Beckett story 80 years after it was written.

  4. Beckett's Living Dead

    2/5Commentator Fintan O'Toole on themes of mortality and death in Samuel Beckett's work.

  5. A Body of Becketts

    1/5Actress Lisa Dwan describes the demands of performing in works by Samuel Beckett.