Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

male, deceased (1989)
waitingforgodot, Happy Days, humour, Death from emphysema, optimism, Aosdána…awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 - 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally...
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

male, deceased (1960)
philosopher, existentialism, Nobel laureate in Literature, Pieds-noirs, French road accident victim, author…Nobel Prize for Literature, waitingforgodot
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. Although he is often associated with existentialism, Camus...
Peter Hall

Peter Hall

male, 78 years old
Bury St. Edmunds, From suffolk, Old Persean, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, suffolk, St Catharine's College…Joint Services School for Linguist, waitingforgodot
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall CBE (born 22 November, 1930) is an English theatre and film director. He was born in Bury St. Edmunds, in...
Barry McGovern

Barry McGovern

male
film actor, Ballykissangel, Castleknock College, Caught in a Free State, Joe Versus the Volcano, Miracle at Midnight…waitingforgodot
Barry McGovern is an Irish stage, film and television actor. He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin. He has taken a variety of roles...
Alan Schneider

Alan Schneider

male
Board of Director, child, Stage Director, children, Arena Stage, TCG…waitingforgodot
Alan Schneider was a prolific theatre director and mentor responsible for over 100 productions in the American theatre. He directed the 1956...
Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr

male, deceased (1967)
Broadway theatre, Vaudeville performer, Irving Lahrheim, Jewish American, Broadway, Burlesque performer…waitingforgodot
Bert Lahr, born Irving Lahrheim was a Tony Award-winning American comic actor. Born in New York City, he is best remembered today for his role as...

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

male, 69 years old
Granada Television, BAFTA winner, from New York City, AIDS, The Public Theater, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom…waitingforgodot
Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet (born May 5, 1940 in New York City to actress Geraldine Fitzgerald and her first husband Sir Edward...
Roger Blin

Roger Blin

male, deceased (1984)
The Blacks, The Screens, The October Group, The Company of Five, The Cenci, comedian…waitingforgodot
Roger Blin (March 22 1907 - January 21 1984) was a French comedian and actor, notable for directing (and starring in) the first production of...
Vivian Mercier

Vivian Mercier

male, deceased (1989)
Irish, Beckett/Beckett, Modern Irish Literature Sources and Founder, Portora Royal School, County Offaly, Eilis Dillon…godot, waitingforgodot
Vivian Mercier (1919 - 1989) was an Irish literary critic. He was born in Clara, County Offaly, Ireland and educated first at Portora Royal School,...
Max Wall

Max Wall

male, deceased (1990)
buried at Highgate Cemetery, music hall performer, zeppelin, German, soap opera actor, brixton…waitingforgodot
Max Wall (12 March 1908 - 21 May 1990) was a British comedian, born in Brixton, London, the son of the successful music-hall entertainer Jack...