Beckett's Living Dead

Five essays about one of the twentieth century's most fascinating playwrights, Samuel Beckett, recorded in front of an audience at the 2014 Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The authors include John Minihan, the photographer who captured some of the best known images of Beckett, actor Lisa Dwan, now regularly performing his work, and Mark Nixon, head of the Beckett International Foundation.In this edition, journalist and commentator, Fintan O'Toole, reflects on themes of mortality and death in Beckett's work.Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.