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First performed at the Royal Court by Billie Whitelaw in 1973, Not I is a puzzling, maddening flow of words delivered at the "speed of thought" by a disembodied mouth (pictured right). Punctuated by ...

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. On its first visit to the Royal Court last year, Lisa Dwan’s 40th-anniversary revival of Not I was publicised in part ...

Two short plays by Samuel Beckett masterfully explore the concepts of age and memory Tristram Fane Saunders has been writing for The Telegraph since 2015, mostly covering literature, radio and comedy.

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Pacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affecting This no-frills cellar theatre is becoming one of our best ...

If you ever question why Samuel Beckett is one of the greatest dramatists of the twentieth century, seeing, Not I Footfalls and Rockaby, may help quell any doubt. These are three very short plays ...

If Samuel Beckett's plays sometimes feel like an expression of the annihilating possibility that there is nothing to express, that is nowhere more true than in these three late pieces. They are ...

From cradle to grave and beyond, that’s the stretch in these three short Beckett plays mostly associated with Billie Whitelaw (who performed the first two on this same stage) and now triumphantly ...