Samuel Beckett, Paris, 1987.

[@quaredunt]

Marvellous to hear him finally. I searched off and on for the last few years for a recording of his voice. Now here he is in video. Thanks. One of the rarest finds on youtube.

[@shawntoh]

Thank you Samuel Beckett, you've been gone twenty years today and we still miss you!

[@stringtheory100]

My god I have written to James Knowlson just to see if I could hear Beckett's voice. This means a lot (whoever posted this) Thank you so much for this. Please don't withdraw it. Merci bien encore.

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

This is fantastic, a precious piece of footage - thank you so much for posting.

[@chiaroo10]

thanks for uploading this.

[@Mazurka1001]

Amazing...I also never knew there was any footage with Beckett talking. It just seemed so totally unlike his entire character, his entire writing history...

[@DrNanook]

Thanks!

[@MountAnalogue]

One of the greatest human beings to walk his Earth. I loved your work more than any other writer Mr. Beckett. God will envy and be in awe of your work!

[@quaredunt]

Me too! I was in touch with Reading University Beckett centre but they wouldn't send me a recording of course. I would have had to go there. Never made it. This is a rare video indeed!

[@DanWagstaffe09]

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[@jakesbrain]

Well, he was from Foxrock, which is just about a mile from Dun Laoghaire. I suppose I;m not as surprised about that as about the fact that, even after living in Paris for almost fifty years, his accent hadn't faded.

[@allaboutdmagic]

Ah, Beckett makes me proud to be Irish.

[@bobsinnepalshekitout]

@allaboutdmagic Yeah, same here. The Law School of Trinity College Dublin is based in his old dorm in the New Square.

[@elcondedetorrefiel]

que bueno

[@adevezar]

Worsthard HO! The genious.