{"product_id":"radio-beckett-musicality-in-the-kevin-branigan-9783039113712","title":"Radio Beckett; Musicality in the Radio Plays of Samuel Beckett","description":"In the decade following the success of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), Samuel Beckett wrote some of his most absorbing work for radio. These plays display the author's appreciation of the essential properties of radio broadcasting. They also highlight a profound musicality which, while evident in his novels, poetry and plays, is particularly noteworthy in this medium.\u003cbr\u003e This book is an analysis of the contribution made to radio drama by Beckett. In these plays, he is concerned with themes of human isolation and the frailty of memory and communication. He identified radio as an ideal medium for the presentation of these themes and the development of drama which could transcend the limitations of realism.\u003cbr\u003e Beckett used music as an essential component of his radio output for a variety of purposes. In this study, the author argues that, while Beckett's radio plays are suffused with a bleak sense of disintegration of language, music offers a sense of optimism. A variety of musical and performance perspectives is utilised to gain a greater appreciation of these radio plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Branigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3039113712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039113712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Kevin Branigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996276338943,"sku":"9783039113712","price":90.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radio-beckett-musicality-in-the-kevin-branigan-9783039113712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}