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Not I

Not I is a short dramatic monologue written in 1972 (20 March to 1 April) by Samuel Beckett which was premiered at the "Samuel Beckett Festival" by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, New York (22 November 1972).

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Auditor

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Not I

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples169
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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related to 22 November 1972 · 34
Not I → Additionally, Alan Schneider, At, Auditor, Because, Beckett’s, Damned, December, Educational Theatre Journal, English, Faber, Fame, Forum Theatre, Henderson Forsythe, Inside, It, James Knowlson, Jessica Tandy, Lincoln Center, March
related to Mouth · 21
Not I → Alan Schneider, All, America, Beckett, Billie Whitelaw, But, France, However, Ibsen, Ireland, Jessica Tandy, London, Not, Play, Schneider, She, Tandy, That, The, Whitelaw
related to "Kilcool" · 19
Not I → Analysis, August, Beckett, Beckett’s, Co, Film, In, Ireland, Kilcool, Kilcoole, Not, Nothing, On, Rosemary Pountey, Stage, Stan Gontarski, The, There, Wicklow
related to 28 February 2018 · 18
Not I → Battersea Arts Centre, BBC2, British Sign Language, BSL, Charmaine Wombwell, February, It, Jess Thom, Me, Mouth, Mouth’s, My Mouth, Not, Performance Live, The, Touretteshero's, Tourette’s, TV
related to 17 April 1977 · 16
Not I → Arguably, Auditor, BBC2, Beckett, Billie Whitelaw, February, In, Not, Royal Court Theatre, Samuel Beckett, Shades, The British Film Institute, The Lively Arts, This, Three Plays, Whitelaw’s
related to External links · 11
Not I → Art, Billie WhitelawStanley, Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica, Gontarski, Image, Julianne MooreBFI, Not, On Fragments, Piece, ShadesNot, The Lively Arts
related to Synopsis · 10
Not I → Auditor, Beckett, From, How, It, Mouth, No, Not, The, This
related to 9 April 2006 · 9
Not I → BBC, BBC Radio, Beckett Evening, Beckett’s, Despite, Juliet Stevenson, Not, Of, To
related to That Time · 9
Not I → At, Beckett, In, June, Kilcool Manuscript, Not, On, That Time, This
related to Reception · 7
Not I → David Benedict, Godot, He, In, Not, The Independent, Waiting

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beckett mouth stage performance play woman auditor text first whitelaw time april image february 1972 light one life face billie

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Not Iis ashort dramatic monologue written in 19720.90text
memoryinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
compulsive speechinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
death.The UnnamableAsked further about sources for Not Iinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
Beckett referred questioners back to his own novelinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
The Unnamable with its clamouring voice longing for silenceinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
circular narrativeinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
concern about avoiding the first person pronouninstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
deathinstance ofBeckett eliminated almost all naturalistic detail in order to focus on more abstract narrative themes0.80text
Not Irelated to "Kilcool"On0.60section
Not Irelated to "Kilcool"August0.60section
Not Irelated to "Kilcool"Film0.60section

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