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April 26, 1999
Film by John Reilly to Follow American Premiere of Samuel Beckett Play MolloyDocumentary Waiting for Beckett Preceded by Performances at Irish Arts Center in NYC
Contact:
Joe Dionisio
(516) 287 8313
Fax: (516) 283 4081Southampton, NY-- Waiting for Beckett, an award-winning documentary directed by Southampton College professor John Reilly, will be shown immediately after the American debut performance of Samuel Beckett's Molloy, which opens Thursday, May 6 at 8 p.m. at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
A preview of Molloy will take place Saturday, May 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 for evening shows and $30 for matinees, and can be purchased by calling 212-581-4125. Performances will take place Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 and 5 p.m. The Irish Arts Center is located at 553 West 51st Street.
Reilly, a professor in the Arts & Media Division at Southampton College of Long Island University, earned international acclaim for his biographical film, Waiting for Beckett. His film is the only U.S. documentary ever undertaken with the cooperation of Samuel Beckett, the late Nobel Prize-winning playwright.
"The reclusive Beckett was undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, but few people ever had a chance to know him," said Reilly. " The opportunity to meet Beckett and make this documentary was the thrill of my lifetime."
Waiting for Beckett won a Golden Apple at the 1994 International Educational Film and Video Festival, a Silver Hugo at INTERCOM '94, part of the Chicago Film Festival, and was selected to be a feature presentation at the American Film Institute (AFI) Festival in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times critic Robert Koehler wrote that "Waiting for Beckett is sure to stand as one of the lasting records Samuel Beckett's life and work."
Molloy has been compiled from Beckett's celebrated novel, the first of his trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable) which is considered the central work of his fiction, just as Waiting for Godot is central to his drama. The American debut of Molloy stars noted Irish actor Conor Lovett, and is directed by Judy Hegarty.
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