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This site is maintained by the Modern Word, the web site devoted to exploring twentieth-century experimental literature. This homepage is easy to browse with a neat and simple design.

Visitors can get information on Samuel Beckett and his works easily. The homepage is well-categorized and contains a lot of in-depth information. By Looking over Beckett's bibliography, the reviews on his works, news, interviews, criticism, images, papers, articles, communities and features of Beckett drama including films and theater, this site provides not only general knowledge on Beckett but also in-depth academic resources.

Many good links are also provided. This site contains very insightful information on Beckett and his works including interesting articles and images. Highly recommended!

URL : http://www.themodernword.com/beckett

Keyword(s) : Samuel Beckett, Dramatists, 20th century, Drama, Dramatic criticism

English Literature->Drama->By period->20th century
English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
English Literature->Drama->Europe & others

In this site, visitors can get useful information about the Samuel Beckett on-line resources and link pages.

This site provides not only a brief introduction to the life and works of Samuel Beckett but also on-line texts. The format used for this site is neat and makes easy to read. Visitors are attain other useful and interesting sites related with Beckett festival and events also such as 2006 Centennial Festivities. Information on Film and Video related with Beckett's works, interviews and papers on his works are also available.

Although this is a site not as easy to look through at first, there is an Index which makes it much easier to look through. The amount of information it provides you is worth a good look into this site. This site contains information on papers on Beckett, other sites and pages on the playwright, interviews on Wikipedia, on-line texts, on-line bookstores, films and videos, audio clips, and Beckett festivals and events, and information on the 2006 Centennial festivities. This is effective site to get link pages on Samuel Beckett and general overview of his works.


Since all the information and links are provided on one page, it is definitely not as easy as some other sites to look through. However, the amount of data collected and the different types of information including links, texts, photographs, comic strips, and audio and video clips which are not always easy to access are presented giving this site a unique and special meaning in studying Samuel Beckett.

URL : http://samuel-beckett.net/

Keyword(s) : Samuel Beckett , Dramatists, Dramatic criticism, 20th century, Drama

English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
English Literature->Drama->By period->20th century
English Literature->Drama->Europe & others

This site was made in 1996 as a multi-resource site for people interested in Samuel Beckett. Since 2005, it is hosted by the University of Antwerp. It is a webpage that is not at all time consuming and gives effective information on Samuel Beckett.


The site contains news related to Samuel Beckett, a short biography, a timeline of the playwright's life and events, and biographical texts by other authors, Texts include publications by Beckett, other books written about his work, bibliographies, and journals that are related to Beckett. Pictures and photographs are also available giving the visitors a pleasure after reading the texts. Performance news on current and upcoming stage productions, tapes, videos, interviews, and films are also linked. Information on conferences, the Samuel Beckett Society, and links to other Samuel Beckett sites are listed as well.

Visitors are able to get biographical information, a useful bulletin board that features upcoming performances, and notes on criticism on this site. Links to other Beckett sites and authors and artists connected with Beckett are also available. Information on the stage, Beckett on tape and recent films are provided. This site is very helpful to get information on the conferences, special issues, volumes in progress on Samuel Beckett.


This is very effective site to get not only a general overview but also in-depth information on performances related to Samuel Becket's works. With several pictures that are effectively placed, the site is interesting and not tiresome to look through. It also has many quotes that continuously grabs attention from the visitors.

URL : http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*SBECKETT

Keyword(s) : Samuel Beckett, Drama, Modern Drama, 20th century, Dramatists

English Literature->Drama->Europe & others
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English Literature->Drama->By period->19th century

This site was created by the Ibsen Society of America in 1978. The ISA has annual conferences and an annual journal Ibsen News and Comment which is free to all members.

A thorough, well-written biography of Henrik Ibsen is available on the site. The biography includes brief analyses of Ibsen's plays and its performances. A summary on Ibsen's works is also available, looking at the structure of each play, when and where it was written, performances, and publication dates. The articles that were previously published in Ibsen News and Comments and a scanned version of the 2005 issue are also available. Photos, papers, and the program for the conference in 2003 can also be accessed.

This is a very well-organized site in which one can easily look over and gather information.

URL : http://www.ibsensociety.liu.edu/

Keyword(s) : Ibsen, Dramatists, Drama, Modern Drama, 19th century, Dramatist

English Literature->Drama->Europe & others
General Resources->Cultural and Historical Contexts
English Literature->Drama->By period->19th century

This site is maintained by the University of Oslo, the largest and oldest university in Norway. With a clean and simple design, this homepage is easy to browse.

The most interesting features in this site are the research section and the links to other Ibsen information. By clicking on Research at the Ibsen Center, and clicking the link below Research projects, one can easily access some larger projects on Henrik Ibsen. The project titles, research periods, and short introductions of the projects are provided, as well as links to the project web pages. The Ibsen links, which are under For the public in the lower part of the front page, connect one to various information on Ibsen, including facsimiles of his manuscripts, an International Ibsen Bibliography, texts, cartoons, stage and costume sketches, and paintings. Letters, articles, and speeches related to Ibsen are also available.

Many good links are provided, but some of them are in Norwegian so it may be difficult to find exactly what one wants.

URL : http://www.hf.uio.no/ibsensenteret/

Keyword(s) : Modern Drama, Drama, European drama, 19th century, History and criticism