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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Beckett play that has had grown men (and women) in tears.,
This review is from: Rockabye and Other Short Pieces (Beckett, Samuel) (Paperback)
Probably the most famous of Beckett's last works, 'Rockaby' features an old woman rocking mechanically on her chair, listening to a recorded poem evoking a life perhaps similar to her own, solitary, staring out of her window at the shuttered windows opposite, yearning for a glimpse of humanity to justify a life she is close to cursing. It reads like a skittish remix of a story from Joyce's 'Dubliners'. Like most of Beckett's late stage works, this doesn't really work on the page - the rhythmic combination of words, images, lighting and the mechanical rocking of the chair create a startling visual-aural effect that can only be incompletely imagined. Many believe it to be staggeringly moving, though. |
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Rockaby and other short pieces by Samuel Beckett (Loose Leaf)
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