#Samuel Barclay Beckett

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(...) y estar allí bebiendo por encima de la tormenta la culpa del tiempo irremisible aferrado a la vieja madera testigo de partidas testigo de regresos

Samuel Beckett

[inkyblotposts]

Samuel Barclay / Samuel Beckett

I'm having a scholarly freak out!

I did my final university thesis on Samuel Beckett, & clocked the "Waiting for Godot" reference in Samuel Barclay's play immediately! Can I just say its freakin GENIUS that they they are hinting at Sam being Samuel Beckett! Beckett's middle name was Barclay, he was Irish, and he spent years in Paris.

"Waiting for Godot" is an existential and fascinating play about two beings who wait for someone ("Godot" or in the show's case "Guido") who never comes. Its about eternity and hope.... Even Santiago and Quang's costumes are a nod to it!

So... feeling inspired, I open up an old university essay I did specifically on "Waiting for Godot" that I havent read in 10+ years and immediately start GASPING - look at my title. 🤯

"I have a capacity for enduring"

"I'm endurin'"

"We go on"

Some snippets from my essay below if anyone's interested in spiralling with me! 🤣

'the desire to be finished and the need to go on...'

"Was it raining, Louis?"

"Dieu n'existe pas! Nous sommes les dieux!"

[fulesthefirst]

Is this Enduring for Guido by Samuel Barclay or Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett?

Interview with the Vampire 2.06 Like the Light by Which God Made the World Before He Made Light

[thebrokenpapergirl]

I have been on the "Fuck the Coven" train from the beginning, because I knew what was coming. This show, however, has made it really hard to hold on to that feeling though.

(I do still want to watch them all burn.)

Them having Sam Barclay as a stand in for Samuel Beckett and the play as a vampiric "Waiting For Godot"... Santiago just flawlessly performing direct quotes from the IWTV book.

These writers are fucking me up.

See, now, I have to wonder how many loved ones has each member of the coven watch be mercilessly executed? How many of them have lost a Claudia, a Louis or a Madeleine? How many times did they have to grin and bear it as Armand enforced the laws and made them watch?

Santiago is a power-hungry, vindictive, little bitch (affectionate). His actions make sense, in regards to how he has been presented. The rest of the coven, not so much. Eglee, Sam, Estelle they are the softest ones, yet they are following Santiago's lead, because they too, I bet, have lost people they loved.

I wonder how many of them were as torturously punished, as Claudia was, for minor infractions. How many times? How often? Were they even allowed to mourn the people they lost or would they be punished for it?

For all the ways in which the Théâtre Des Vampires is different from the Children of Darkness the foundation is still the same. The Laws are to be upheld, with no exceptions. Then Armand starts making all kinds of exceptions for Louis. I can't really fault the coven for wanting to bring them to "justice", when their own pleas for the ones they loved fell on deaf ears.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

IWTV Season 2 Sources & References (So Far)

The Ethnic Avante-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution by Steven S. Lee

Paris Journal 1944-1955 by Janet Flanner (Genet)

The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles: An Alphabettery

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

Amadeus (1984)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Casablanca (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

The Third Man (1949) cited by Levan Akin

An American in Paris (1951) cited by Daniel Hart

Moulin Rouge (2001)

The Phantom of the Opera

Les Vampires (1915)

Dracula (1931) credit to @vampchronicles_ on twt

Le Triomphe de L’amour by Pierre de Marivaux

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin cited by Jacob Anderson

Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean Paul Sartre

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Vampire’s Kiss (1988) credit to @talesfromthecrypts

Les Morts ont tous le Meme Peau by Boris Vian credit to @greedandenby

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Goya

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Barclay Beckett credit to @rorscachisgay on twt

Artists and Salons Referenced:

R-26

Palma Vecchio

Andre Fougeron

Elsa Triollet

Fred Stein

Lisette Model

Gordon Parks

Miguel Barcelo

Chris Roberts-Antieau (taxidermied Javelina)

Ai WeiWei (wallpaper)

David Hockney (Lemons)

Wols 

The Kiss of Judas by Jakob Smits

Salome by Louis Icart

Ophelia by John Everett Millais

Movie & Play Posters on set (in chronological order by year):

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

Avec le Sourire (1936)

Les Deux Gosses (1936)

Le Jour Se Leve (1939) about a man who commits murder as a result of a love triangle and locks himself in his apartment recounting the details as the police attempt to arrest him. Credit to @laisofhyccara

Nuit de Décembre (1940)

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) about a girl who follows a troupe of swing musicians to Paris.

Les Enfents du Paradis (1945) about a woman with many suitors including an actor and an aristocrat.

Fantomas (1946) about a sadistic criminal mastermind. This version includes a hideout in the catacombs where he traps people.

Quai des Orfevres (1947) watch here

Monsieur Vincent (1947)

Le Cafe du Cadran (1947) about a wife’s affair with a violinist.

La Kermesse Rouge (1947) film about a jealous artist who locks up his younger wife and a fire breaks out while she’s trapped.

Morts Sans Sepulture by Jean-Paul Sartre (play) also published in English translations as “The Victors” or “Men Without Shadows” about resistance fighters captured by Vichy soldiers struggling not to give up information.

Mon Faust by Paul Valery (play)

Season 1 here (these lists are updated regularly)

[frasinontroppocelebri]

Le lacrime del mondo sono immutabili. Non appena qualcuno si mette a piangere, un altro, chi sa dove, smette. (Samuel Barclay Beckett)

[jaggedjot]

When naming the members of the Théâtre des Vampires, Armand introduces Louis and Claudia to their “playwright in residence”, one Samuel Barclay (“Sam. Call me Sam.”). This is almost certainly a reference to Samuel Barclay Beckett, the famous modernist writer, theatre director and playwright. The style of theatre that Beckett was instrumental in creating, the so-called Theatre of the Absurd, with its focus on existentialism and tragicomic tones, shares some notable characteristics with the plays shown at the Théâtre des Vampires; Louis’ complaint that “They were weird! And always ended in death or some kind of cruel, barely motivated violence.” feels affectionately pointed. Beckett’s most famous work, Waiting for Godot, has also been confirmed by a reviewer to appear in the show (“Santiago fuming about the lack of action in a vampiric version of Waiting for Godot”). The choice of name and the inclusion of a play that was written during this period of Louis and Armand’s lives (“The Paris Albums, 1946-1949.”) but did not premiere until 1953, could suggest that Sam is meant to be the man himself. 

This is not the first time the show has played with the idea that a famous writer may have been a vampire, however, unlike Emily Dickinson, Beckett was alive and working in Paris until his death in 1989. Considering the ending of the show’s source material, it seems unlikely that Sam will live that long unless he independently parts ways with the Théâtre des Vampires. It is also notable that, if intended to be a cameo, Sam has been quite underplayed compared to historical figures like Jelly Roll Morton and Jean-Paul Sartre. Though the supposed playwright for the company, Sam is shown selling tickets for the performance and collecting laundry rather than, say, giving notes on that night’s performance. Sam is presented as apart from the other members of the coven; absent during their prank on Louis and Claudia, not joining in the ensuing greetings, and leaving during the introductions. This framing of the character suggests that he is therefore not intended to be the real Beckett. Perhaps then the name was chosen by Sam himself in an attempt to emulate a writer he admires. Perhaps it is meant to further emphasise the strangeness of the supposed playwright for the company having the least interaction with its members, while only being shown to perform menial tasks. Or perhaps this is simply a reference made by a team of writers with backgrounds in theatre.

[foto-di-angi]

Le lacrime del mondo sono immutabili. Non appena qualcuno si mette a piangere, un altro, chi sa dove, smette. (Samuel Barclay Beckett)

[tuportamiviareturn]

Si nasce tutti pazzi, alcuni lo restano.

Samuel Barclay Beckett (Dublino, 13 aprile 1906 – Parigi, 22 dicembre 1989)

[incirrata]

I think we should be talking more about the fact that interview with the vampire made real-life playwright samuel barclay beckett a side character in the vampire coven. what a decision.

[instant-thinkr]

Unsere Zeit ist so aufregend, dass man die Menschen eigentlich nur noch mit Langeweile schockieren kann.

Samuel Barclay Beckett, 1906-1989, ir. Schriftsteller, Literaturnobelpreis 1969

[alrederedmixedmedia]

Alredered Remembers Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Barclay Beckett, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969 and is best-known for his play Waiting for Godot, on his birthday.

"Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences."

-Samuel Beckett

[allaboutmessy]

In this quote, Samuel Beckett is expressing the idea that confusion and chaos are inherent parts of life and human interaction. He suggests that rather than trying to avoid or ignore the confusion, we should acknowledge and embrace it. By accepting the messiness of life, we can have a chance for growth and renewal. Beckett implies that attempting to make sense of the confusion may be futile, as it is a complex and intricate state that cannot be easily understood or rationalized. / LM

- Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense. @wikipedia

Source: @austinkleon | Blog @ austinkleon [.] com: Kleon, Austin. Blog. "To find a form that accommodates the mess." Tuesday, December 21, 2021. ~~~~~~~~~~ Icons: @nounproject | confusion by The Chohans | The Noun Project

[naqaabdulbaser14]

في حفلة ما كان هناك مثقف إنجليزي (يقال عنه كذلك)، سألني لماذا أكتب دومًا عن الأحزان، كأنه من الضلال أن أفعل ذلك، كان يريد أن يعرف إن كان أبي قد اعتاد على ضربي، أو أن أمي قد هربت لتتركني لطفولة تعيسة، أخبرته أنه لا؛ فقد عشتُ طفولة سعيدة جدًّا، ساعتها تضاعف شعوره بضلالي. تركتُ الحفل في أقرب فرصة وركبتُ تاكسي، على الحاجز الزجاجي الذي كان يفصل بيني وبين السائق كانت هناك ثلاثة لافتات: واحدة تطلب المساعدة للعميان، وأخرى للأيتام، وثالثة لمساعدة لاجئي الحرب.

أنتَ لست بحاجة للبحث عن الأحزان، فهي تصرخ في وجهك حتى فى تاكسيات لندن.

Samuel Barclay Beckett

[villings]

(...) una vez más aterrado de no amar de amar pero no a ti de ser amado y no por ti de saber no saber simular simular yo y todos los otros que te amen si te aman

Samuel Beckett

[alfabetas]

―Samuel Beckett