James Knowlson and Jo Baker
Enniskillen,
01 Aug
Samuel Beckett’s experiences during the Second World War had a profound effect on his life and work, most particularly in the writing of Waiting For Godot. With the festival hosting two productions of the play this year, James Knowlson, Beckett’s biographer, offers an insight into those war years, of time spent in St. Lô, Paris and Roussillon, and of Beckett’s role in the French Resistance. Jo Baker, author of the acclaimed novel Longbourn (which tells the story of Pride & Prejudice from the servants’ perspective) discusses the particular challenges of using fiction to explore the drama of Beckett’s life during the war.