Because Beckett hated to be recorded, this short clip on YouTube may be of interest to Beckett afficionados. Some commentators have noted his rural Irish accent here. Rubbish. His is a typical upper middle-class Dublin accent, often associated with the professional, urban Irish Ascendancy class.

This Beckett clip reminded me of another YouTube classic: Pitch 'n' Putt with Joyce and Beckett, a short short from Bórd Scannán na hEireann (Irish Film Board) in which Beckett and Joyce play pitch and putt while waiting for someone to show up...