Word: cascando
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...OUTSIDE power is not even definable in Beckett's "Cascando," the third and least accessible of the three plays; it is only referred to in passing as "They." Beckett takes us inside someone's mind, a mind composed of only three elements, Voice, Music, and the Opener. The latter's function is to open and close the other two. Compelled forever to recount stories not of his own making, the mind drones on, "...saying to myself...finish this one...it's the right one...then rest...then sleep...no more stories...no more words...and finished...
...Caravan has a great deal of difficulty with "Cascando." Beckett wrote it as a radio play; the Caravan stages the play with a whole new and confusing subplot, centering around the themes of freedom and release. The three parts of the mind, rather than complementing each other, with this addition instead become opponents in attempts to get across a masking tape line on the stage. When someone does succeed, a yellow light flashes on. This pattern of conflict, coupled with a great deal of unnecessary gesture, buries Beckett's originally spare, vicious play in a mass of directorial obfuscation. David...
Hands Off! Three one-act plays by Beckett: "Act Without Words," "II" and "Cascando." Also "Striptease" by Mrozek, carvan Theatre. 1555 Mass Ave. Cambridge. 9, May 12. Free tickets to first twenty people who call for reservations...
Hands Off! Three one-act plays by Beckett: "Act Without Words." "11." and "Cascando." Also "Striptease" by Mrozek. Caravan Theatre. 1555 Mass Ave. Cambridge...
Hands Off! an evening of three plays: Act Without Words and Cascando by Beckett, Strip-tease by Mrozek. Harvard-Epworth Church. 9, Fridays and Saturdays April 14 through April...