Exhaustion and cruelty on the later plays of Samuel Beckett: drama and performance

• Grant number: 16/14069-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Literature Theory
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Rigatto de Souza Andrade
• Grantee: Felipe Augusto de Souza Santos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to investigate issues related to theatrical aesthetics and Samuel Beckett's work as director of his own plays. Therefore, we will delimitate as this research study object the late plays of Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), ie, the dramaturgy created by the author over the last two decades of his production, as well as the notes of the staging process of some of these plays, contained in the theatrical notebooks of Samuel Beckett. As hypothesis of this research, we have the confirmation or refutation of the question of the relevance and impact of Samuel Beckett's work as director of his own plays in the creation and aesthetic development of his late dramaturgy, whose texts are known as dramaticules.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANTOS, Felipe Augusto de Souza. Fail better: dramaturgy and staging in Samuel Becketts final theatre from manuscripts to theatrical notebooks. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.