Movie

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

★ 7.5/10 · 4 votes 1983 0h 58m Released

DramaDocumentary

The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Billie Whitelaw, whom Schneider, ironically, had never met previously, and takes us through the rehearsal process of Beckett's newest play, including the recording of the dialogue, as almost all of it is voiceover. The final fifteen minutes of the film are the premiere performance in its entirety.

Cast

Billie Whitelaw The Actress A Alan Schneider The Director D Daniel Labeille The Producer Esther Kling The Costume Designer M Martin Esslin Samuel Beckett Self (archive footage)