Lex Ferenda

Samuel Beckett’s centenary/birthday is being celebrated this week. The Law School’s building in TCD is now graced with a plaque (or tablet, or memorial, or what you will) marking the fact that the man himself lived there as a student and as a staff member in the 1920s and 30s for some years. To my shame, despite having attended classes and tutorials in that building since 2000, I was unaware of this fact…

You, though, may be aware of a certain other contribution to the celebrations - that of Paul Hewson (aka Bono) of U2, who read a pastiche/tribute at the launch of the official events, “Un homage du Bono au maestro Samuel Beckett, starring un homage du Mannix Flynn à Barry McGovern - or a piece what I wrote called Waiting For Colgan“. Colgan is Michael Colgan, director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and one of the organiser of the centenary festival.

RTÉ has audio and video of the whole thing. Enjoy.