Night and Dreams
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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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Samuel Beckett Director
First release May 19, 1983 · Produced in Germany · Original title Nacht und Träume
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Süddeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany
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Original title
Nacht und Träume
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · May 19, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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