scholarly journals Fidelidad y traición: reflexiones a partir de un montaje de Samuel Beckett

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Emoé De la Parra
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¿Es posible que un movimiento tan corrosivo y evanescente como el trazado por Beckett haya podido devenir en canon? ¿Qué significa eso? ¿Es deseable que así lo sea? Si es un canon, ¿qué tipo de fidelidad solicita? ¿A qué paradigma o valor debe su potestad? ¿Qué constituye su traición y desde dónde es juzgada como tal? La posibilidad de que la transmutación en lenguaje escénico de un texto pueda o deba ser considerada como una traición al material original cobra, en la obra de Beckett, un interés particular en virtud de la enorme tensión que este tópico ha generado, tanto de carácter teórico como en el marco del quehacer teatral, a raíz del celo exacerbado de parte de los detentores de los correspondientes derechos. Mediante el análisis puntual de las peculiaridades estilísticas y las tesis filosóficas de Samuel Beckett se reflexiona sobre la legitimidad de dicho celo y se cuestiona su pertinencia contrastándolo, a manera de ejemplo, con un montaje particular del relato “Primer amor”. Este artículo es una llamada de atención hacia las distorsiones que se generan al acatar irrestrictamente un canon estético. Es, también, un relato detallado de algunos de los procesos implicados en un montaje escénico.

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-242
Author(s):  
Cal Revely-Calder

Critics have recently begun to pay attention to the influence Jean Racine's plays had on the work of Samuel Beckett, noting his 1930–31 lectures at Trinity College Dublin, and echoes of Racine in early texts such as Murphy (1938). This essay suggests that as well as the Trinity lectures, Beckett's later re-reading of Racine (in 1956) can be seen as fundamentally influential on his drama. There are moments of direct allusion to Racine's work, as in Oh les beaux jours (1963), where the echoes are easily discernible; but I suggest that soon, in particular with Come and Go (1965), the characteristics of a distinctly Racinian stagecraft become more subtly apparent, in what Danièle de Ruyter has called ‘choix plus spécifiquement théâtraux’: pared-down lighting, carefully-crafted entries and exits, and visual tableaux made increasingly difficult to read. Through an account of Racine's dramaturgy, and the ways in which he structures bodily motion and theatrical talk, I suggest that Beckett's post-1956 drama can be better understood, as stage-spectacles, in the light of Racine's plays; both writers give us, in Myriam Jeantroux's phrase, the complicated spectacle of ‘un lieu à la fois désert et clôturé’. As spectators to Beckett's drama, by keeping Racine in mind we can come to understand better the limitations of that spectatorship, and how the later plays trouble our ability to see – and interpret – the figures that move before us.


1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Phil Baker

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
José Francisco Fernández

This study takes the form of a chronicle of the life-long friendship between Samuel Beckett and Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal. First, the circumstances in which they became acquainted will be explored. Then, that streak of irreverent humour shared by both writers will be discussed, especially in relation to their interest in Surrealism. Following this, the Spaniard's opinions on Beckett's partner, Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil, will be considered. Finally, Arrabal's trial for blasphemy in 1967 is examined in detail, including Beckett's letter in his defence.


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