The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett: 8pm Sunday, 22nd October, RTÉ Radio 1
The Old Tune is Samuel Beckett’s free adaptation of La Manivelle/The Crank, a radio play by French writer, Robert Pinget. Two old acquaintances – Gorman and Cream – meet at a roadside bench, where one of them is a street hawker with a barrel organ. As they trade memories, it becomes clear that they can’t agree on any of the facts of what happened in the past. It is a piece – as funny as it sad – about how time corrodes memory, how the old tune we have our in heads becomes fainter and fainter. This radio version is based on the stage production of the play, which premiered at the Enniskillen Happy Days Beckett Festival 2018.
Starring Barry McGovern as Cream and Eamon Morrissey as Gorman.
Directed by Conall Morrison.
The programme was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee.
Sound Design and Sound Supervision: Damian Chennells and Michael Stapleton
Producer: Kevin Brew
Series Producer: Kevin Reynolds.
