Samuel Beckett Award

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The Samuel Beckett Award was a British award set up in 1983 and, over the next decade, awarded to writers, who in the opinion of a committee of critics, producers and publishers, showed innovation and excellence in writing for the performing arts. The award was established in honour of Irish Nobel Laureate, novelist, playwright and poet Samuel Beckett and in recognition of his distinctive contribution to world theatre and literature.

Award-winning writers included:

The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award was formed in 2003 to support the showcasing of new innovative theatre and is for a company or individual to create a production to be performed at Barbican's Pit Theatre in the City of London.

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  2. ↑ Arrivederci Millwall and Smallholdings by Nick Perry. Faber and Faber, 1987, ISBN   978-0571147748
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  5. ↑ Never in My Lifetime, http://www.chancetheater.com/season_2006/2b_never/#top
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  7. ↑ "Ronald William Sutherland", Debrett's People of Today.
  8. ↑ "Drama Online - Kevin Elyot", Drama Online.
  9. ↑ "Winners 2003". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  10. ↑ "Winners 2004". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  11. ↑ "Winners 2005". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  12. ↑ "Winners 2006". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  13. ↑ "Cantata in a Castle". The Guardian. 25 July 2015. I have my own links to Beckett as the recipient of the Oxford Samuel Beckett award that champions emerging experimental theatre-makers.
  14. ↑ "Vanessa Fay Stanley Biography". Vanessa Faye Stanley Official Website. Awards: Samuel Beckett Theatre Award 2007 for Boileroom and The Terrific Electric (director, co-director).
  15. ↑ "About Me Seiriol Davies". Seiriol Davies Official Website. I've won awards including... the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award (for Boileroom's "The Terrific Electric") .
  16. ↑ "Winners 2007". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Winners 2008". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  18. ↑ "Winners 2009". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  19. ↑ "Winners 2010". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  20. ↑ "Winners 2013". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  21. ↑ "Winners 2014". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  22. ↑ "Winners 2015". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  23. ↑ "Winners 2016". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  24. ↑ "Winners 2017". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  25. ↑ "Winners 2018". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  26. ↑ "Winners 2019". Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
  27. ↑ "Cry Cry Kill Kill".
  28. ↑ street, HighRise are a theatre collective who seek to spark conversation and build bridges between forgotten communities by representing the rhythm of the streets Our core aim is to use inner-city memories, culture and music to give the unheard a voice through theatre HighRise Theatre- Keeping an ear to the. "HighRise Theatre - Keeping an ear to the street - London" . Retrieved 9 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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