Night and Dreams

Overview

Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams) is the last television play written and directed by Samuel Beckett and broadcast on 19th May 1983. It is a wordless play, the only sound that of a male voice humming, then singing, from the last seven bars of Schubert’s lied Nacht und Träume, words by Matthäus Casimir von Collin: "Holde Träume, kehret wieder!" ("Sweet dreams, come back"). Schubert was a composer much loved by Beckett – "the composer who spoke most to him…whom he considered a friend in suffering" (Wiki) Beckett lists five elements that make up the play: evening light, the dreamer (A), his dreamt self (B), a pair of dreamt hands and the last seven bars of Schubert’s lied.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 19, 1983

Original language

English

Countries

Germany

Production

Süddeutscher Rundfunk

Cast

Helfrid Foron,Stephan Pritz,Dirk Morgner

Director

Samuel Beckett

Writer

Samuel Beckett

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0234306