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Samuel Beckett

The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett, who died on the 22nd December 1989, is remembered by one of his friends.

On December 22nd 1989, the great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died. Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot had revolutionised post-war theatre, was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to fellow playwright and film director Israel Horovitz who was Samuel Beckett's friend.

Photograph: Writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) (Credit: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images)

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Thu 22 Dec 2016 13:50GMT

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