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.
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Stars: Helfrid Foron, Dirk Morgner, Stephan Pritz
Crew: Samuel Beckett (Writer), Samuel Beckett (Director), Jim Lewis (Cinematography)
Country: Germany
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Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 19, 1983
IMDb: 10
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