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Oil on canvas of the beheading of St John, by Caravaggio, which impressed Beckett as 'a voice crying in the wilderness', reputed to have inspired the writing of 'Not I': gallery.euroweb.hu/html/c/caravagg/10/62behead.html
Etching, by Gustave Doré, depicting Dante (as compassionate as the Auditor in 'Not I') and Virgil (as pitiless as the audience of 'Not I') viewing the damned heads of Cocytus, in the Nether Hell of Dante's 'Inferno':
www.artpassions.net/cgi-bin/show_image.pl?../galleries/dore/inferno32.jpg
Etching, by Gustave Doré, depicting the robed auditors, Dante and Virgil ('Inferno 32'):
web.reed.edu/academic/departments/art/art333/database/artist/dore/dore-Full.00009.html)
Beckett On-Line Resources and Portal: http://samuel-beckett.net/
A detailed, illustrated chronology of Beckett's life and works: beckett.english.ucsb.edu/timeline.html
The Channel 4 Beckett on Film website includes a brief critical introduction to the plays, a chronology of Beckett's life, suggestions for finding out more about Beckett and his work, and information about the origins of the project and the films' producers. There is also information about each film, including revealing interviews with many of the directors and actors along with stills and clips from the films.
www.channel4.com/plus/beckett
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