Contents: Patrick Wakeling Looking at Beckett - The Man and the Writer [3] J. CC Majes Young Beekett's Irish Roots [18] Roger Little Beekett's Mentor. Rudmose-Brown: Sketch for a Portrait [34] David Berman Beckelt and Berkeley [42] TP Dolan Sanmel Beckett's Dramatic Use of Hiberno-English h Seamus Deane Joyce and Beckett [57] Ben Barnes Aspects of Directing Beekett [69] Derek Mahon A Noise Like Wings: Beckett's Poetry [88] Aidan Higgins Foundering in Reality: Godot, Papa, Hamlet and Three Bashes at a Festschrift [93] John Banville Out ofthe Abyss [102] Christopher Murray Beckett Productions in Ireland: A Survey [103] Reviews by Maurice Harmon, Michael Paul Gallagher, Joseph Dunne, Mary Moritaut, Christopher Murray, Declan Kiberd, Tom Garvin, Candyee A. Carlon, Carol Day. [126] Short Notices [152] Books Received [155]