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Dance First is a 2023 biographical film about Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, directed by James Marsh and written by Neil Forsyth. Gabriel Byrne stars as Beckett, with a supporting cast featuring Fionn O'Shea as a younger Beckett and Aidan Gillen as James Joyce.
Dance First: Directed by James Marsh. With Robert Aramayo, Aidan Gillen, Bronagh Gallagher, Gabriel Byrne. Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.
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- Biography, Drama
- James Marsh
- 2024-08-09
In Dance First – which is released in UK cinemas today, veteran Irish actor Gabriel Byrne takes on the role of one of his most esteemed countrymen: Samuel Beckett. Directed by James Marsh (The...
Nov 2, 2023 · That much registers with the mixed-bag biography Dance First, the writer played by Gabriel Byrne, his wife Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil by Sandrine Bonnaire. “You and I are not made for victory...
Aug 9, 2024 · Director James Marsh's film on the life of Samuel Beckett, starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Neil Forsyth, infuses surrealism into a conventional format.
- Charles Mcnulty
- Theater Critic
- charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
Aug 11, 2024 · Audiences who love historical dramas, brilliant literature, or resilient actors like the great Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, In Treatment, The Man in the Iron Mask) will appreciate Dance...
Nov 3, 2023 · Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett and Sandrine Bonnaire as wife Suzanne Dechevaux in Dance First “Like most of us, he can be very contradictory at times. We’re all made up of...
