Acknowledgements Note on editions Introduction Chapter l Beckett's life Chapter 2 Cultural and intellectualcontexts Chapter 3 Plays Waiting for Godot Endgame Radio plays: All That Fall and Embers Krapp's Last Tape Happy Days Chapter 4 Prose works More Pricks than Kicks Murphy Watt The Trilogy: Molloy,Malone Dies, The Unnamable How It Is Contents Chapter 5 Beckett criticism Notes Guide to further reading Index