Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot caused a sensation when it was first staged in 1953 – and his plays still retain their power to amaze and to provoke.

Beckett on Film is a unique project. For the first time, all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays have been filmed, bringing together some of the world's most talented directors and actors.

This website, which accompanies the RTÉ / Channel 4 / Irish Film Board series, offers an easy-to-use guide to all his plays, and much more:

To find out more about his plays, select one of the numbers 1 to 19, which list his plays in alphabetical order. The plays name will appear if the mouse pointer is over the number. One click and you're there.

Beckett on the big screen

In association with Channel 4, the Barbican Centre in London screened all 19 films between 13 September and 20 September 2001. Many of the actors and directors introduced and chatted about their work. Check out the transcripts from these webchats.

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