SAMUEL BECKETT UNBORN, a new play

Samuel Beckett begins psychoanalysis in London. With Dr. Bion, he remembers his stern mother, an unsatisfactory job, time with James Joyce, while his own writing reflects chaos. When Beckett attends a lecture by Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung, he learns of a girl who “was not entirely born.” Beckett identifies with her, sending him further into psychosis. He quits analysis. His mother kicks him out. Years later, Beckett hallucinates Bion and activates the Girl and Jung as his personified complexes so he can see the negative image of his mother. After a final confrontation with her, Beckett claims his power.

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