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Embers

Embers is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957. First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 24 June 1959, the play won the RAI prize at the Prix Italia awards later that year. Donald McWhinnie directed Jack MacGowran – for whom the play was specially written – as "Henry", Kathleen Michael as "Ada" and Patrick Magee as…

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Samuel Beckett1957BBC Third ProgrammePrix ItaliaDonald McWhinnie
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Embers

Nodes109
Edges108
Triples31
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
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related to Henry · 16
Embers → And, Beckett, Beckett's, Cendres, Footfalls, Fortunately, He, Henry, Like, May, Mignon, Molloy, Paul Lawley, Rockaby, The, Zilliacus
related to Interpretation · 7
Embers → Beckett, Henry, If, In, Jack MacGowran, Since Embers, Words
related to External links · 6
Embers → Acoustic Art, An InterpretationMarjorie Perloff, Beckett’s EmbersRTÉ Audio, Paul Lawley, Silence, The Silence
is a · 2
Embers → hollow-way, radio play by Samuel Beckett

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Embersis aradio play by Samuel Beckett0.90text
Embersis ahollow-way0.90text
Embersrelated to External linksPaul Lawley0.60section
Embersrelated to External linksAn InterpretationMarjorie Perloff0.60section
Embersrelated to External linksThe Silence0.60section
Embersrelated to External linksSilence0.60section
Embersrelated to External linksAcoustic Art0.60section
Embersrelated to External linksBeckett’s EmbersRTÉ Audio0.60section
Embersrelated to HenryBeckett0.60section
Embersrelated to HenryZilliacus0.60section
Embersrelated to HenryCendres0.60section
Embersrelated to HenryMignon0.60section

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