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Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Film

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

7.0

0h 58m

1983

Synopsis

The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Billie Whitelaw, whom Schneider, ironically, had never met previously, and takes us through the rehearsal process of Beckett's newest play, including the recording of the dialogue, as almost all of it is voiceover. The final fifteen minutes of the film are the premiere performance in its entirety.

Director

Chris Hegedus

D. A. Pennebaker

DramaDocumentary

Cast & Crew

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

as The Actress

Alan Schneider

as The Director

Daniel Labeille

as The Producer

Esther Kling

Esther Kling

as The Costume Designer

Martin Esslin

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

as Self (archive footage)

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