Rockaby

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 17 min
  • Premiere: 1981. April 8.

A one-woman play written by Samuel Beckett at the request of Daniel Labeille. The piece was produced by Labeille on behalf of the State University of New York's Programs in the Arts for a festival and symposium in commemoration of Beckett's 75th birthday (Wikipedia). A self-reflective drama of a figure, W, rocking "to and fro" in her dead mother's rocking chair wearing her mother's sequined funereal garment. With the aid of her pre-recorded voice, W recounts the different phases of a single memory in a bid to connect with "another creature like herself" before rocking herself into an eternal sleep.

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Art

Gvozden Kopani

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Esther King

Costume Design

Crew

Gary Casarella

Technical Supervisor

Directing

Alan Schneider

Director

Lighting

Gvozden Kopani

Lighting Director

Production

Chris Hanna

Production Assistant

Saul Elkin

Associate Producer

Sound

Oleg Harencar

Sound Recordist

Writing

Art

Gvozden Kopani

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Esther King

Costume Design

Crew

Gary Casarella

Technical Supervisor

Directing

Alan Schneider

Director

Lighting

Gvozden Kopani

Lighting Director

Production

Chris Hanna

Production Assistant

Saul Elkin

Associate Producer

Sound

Oleg Harencar

Sound Recordist

Writing