Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

58m
DramaDocumentary
7

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
Alan Schneider
The Director
Daniel Labeille
The Producer
Esther Kling
The Costume Designer
Martin Esslin
Unknown
Samuel Beckett
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Chris Hegedus
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
D. A. Pennebaker
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Samuel Beckett
Writer, Theatre Play
David Dawkins
Editor
Gvozden Kopani
Production Design
Oleg Harencar
Sound Recordist

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