| The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett |  | Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 95,193
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0571144861
EAN: 9780571144860
ASIN: 0571144861
Publication Date: February 16, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 Agree with last review May 9, 2010
Mr. N. J. Rushton
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just to echo the previous sentiments. Seminal works of drama but the book's binding falls to pieces within a couple of weeks.
Brilliant! But BE WARNED! April 30, 2009
Mr. Cj Painter
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
To be honest I struggled to give this a star rating. The content is nothing short of superb and deserves 5 stars any day of the week. The fact that all the plays are together makes comparison easy to do and it's nice to by unencumbered by critics' musings and prejudices. HOWEVER, the quality of the book is pretty shoddy. Mine is already starting to fall apart and pages are beginning to divorce themselves from the binding increasing persistence. If you're looking for something that will give you all of Beckett's plays, but don't need to preserve its structural integrity for too long, then it will do the job, but i recommend looking elsewhere if you want a copy that you feel deserves to be cherished!
 Beckett complete dramas. November 16, 2003
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
If you are new to the works of Samuel Beckett then this is the best place to start in my opinion. There is nothing I can add which hasn't already been said about these dramas, only that they are quite short and moderately accessible but almost inexhaustable in their complexity. To describe these works as 'existentialist' really doesn't do them justice or decribe their nature to any deep degree. The plays are unique and must be experienced to be understood. Generally there is a quite dark tone to most of the works, sometimes obscenely disturbing, sometimes cynically funny but at times there are moments of true poetic beauty. I would strongly recommend these plays to anyone interested in drama of a more unconventional type. High points include - 'Waiting for Godot', 'Endgame', 'Krapp's last tape' and 'All that falls'. However, as a general warning, these are not uplifting plays, I myself found some of them sickening and disturbing in parts.
the complete works of the master of 'theatre of the absurd' May 16, 2000
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Compact, well presented collection of Beckett epic metamorphosis of modern theatre - from Godot to Ghost Trio. Plays following the more 'excepted structure' to works of silence and light. The only crit is the briefness of notes about first performances. Otherwise a must have for those intrested in exploring the limits of theatre.
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