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Beckett directing Footfalls
www.english.fsu.edu/jobs/num02/WalterAsmus.htm
Walter Asmus’ revealing rehearsal notes for the German première of Footfalls (and That Time), directed by Beckett, at the Schiller-Theater Werkstatt, Berlin, 1976.

‘The Reader Will Remember?…’
www.insitegrafx.hu/theanachronist/docs/Anach_0002/Stewart.doc
Detailed discussion of the theatrical audience’s dilemma in being confronted with the description of old Mrs Winter as someone whom ‘the reader’ will remember.

Image
www.themodernword.com/beckett/sb_footfalls.html
Image of Billie Whitelaw in Footfalls, directed by Beckett (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1976).

Beckett on Film DVD set
www.beckettonfilm.com/beckett_dvd.html
Footfalls, together with 18 other plays by Beckett, presented as a high quality box set of four DVDs, which includes also a documentary on the filming of the dramas, interviews with their distinguished directors, a stills gallery with commentary and a souvenir programme. Duration: 10 hrs: 47 mins approx.

Beckett Online Resources and Links
http://samuel-beckett.net/
Major and apparently comprehensive portal to all things by and about Beckett and his works.

The Channel 4 Beckett on Film project
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/beckett/
This C4 site includes a brief critical introduction to the plays, a chronology of Beckett's life and information about the origins of the ‘Beckett on Film’ project and the films' producers. There is also information about each film, including revealing interviews with many of the directors and actors together with stills from the films.