Woman Performs 3 Beckett Plays Alone — And It’s Terrifyingly Brilliant
Автор: PLAYWRIGHT DISCUSSION
Загружено: 2025-10-10
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Actor Lisa Dwan takes on Samuel Beckett’s most brutal one-woman plays — Not I, Footfalls, and Rockaby. Strapped into darkness, speaking “at the speed of thought,” she channels silence, trauma, and genius.
This is Beckett stripped bare — no acting, no sentiment, just truth.
00:00 Intro — Who Is Lisa Dwan
00:27 Discovering Beckett
01:25 From Ballet to Acting
02:12 What Makes Beckett Different
02:38 Not I — The Disembodied Mouth
03:31 Performing at “Speed of Thought”
05:09 Circular Breathing & Panic
06:14 Beckett’s Demands: “Don’t Act”
07:09 Footfalls — Trauma as Music
08:30 Playing Mother and Daughter
09:05 Trevor Nunn on Beckett’s Genius
10:17 Pessimism vs. Truth
11:21 Rockaby — Drive Toward Death
12:21 Why Beckett Still Resonates
13:18 Meeting Billie Whitelaw
14:18 Beckett’s Real Notes Revealed
15:01 Final Thoughts on Performance
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