Beckett’s austere plays remain indebted to circus and slapstick traditions

Evidence

If Beckett’s plays, in the grey that remains after the setting of the sun or after the end of the world, hope to exorcise the bright colours of the circus, they nevertheless remain true to the circus to the extent that they occur on stage, and we know how much their antiheroes were inspired by clowns and slapstick films. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 681

Categorization

• XREF: Links Beckett’s antiheroes to clown and silent-comedy lineage, useful cross-reference for Adorno’s later Beckett essay. — connects to: Beckett’s austere plays secretly remain true to the circus and stage magic — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2721
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Beckett’s austere plays secretly remain true to the circus and stage magic — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2721

Broader Connections

• Beckett’s austere plays secretly remain true to the circus and stage magic #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2721