Staging Typescripts: Play and the Samuel Beckett papers : a senior honors thesis

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Title

Staging Typescripts: Play and the Samuel Beckett papers : a senior honors thesis

Subject

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Play.

Description

A staging of two unpublished versions of Samuel Beckett's short work Play, based on materials from Washington University's Special Collections. Performed on February 8, 2014 at the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, Mallinckrodt Center, Washington University.

By Sarah Palay ; co-sponsored by the Performing Arts Department and Washington University Libraries.

Creator

Palay, Sarah

Publisher

Washington University

Date

2014

Relation

1957-1965 exhibit case

MSS008 Box 3 Folder 59: Play, 1963 Page proofs, 16 pages. 1 item

Folder 60: Play, 1963 Typescript and typescript [carbon], 125 pages. 10 items
Folder 32: Comedie, Autograph, typescript, typescript [carbon], tearsheets, 58 pages. 5 items
MSS008 Box 5: Photographs from the production of the film version of Comedie
To Alan Schneider, 26 November 1963: "I am perplexed about PLAY and so find this letter very difficult to write. I realize that no final script is possible till I have had work on rehearsals. And as those with Serreau will not begin till after yours, all I can do is try and tell you my doubts and leave final decisions to you."

[Beckett goes on to layout--in words and drawings--the problems he sees that need to be addressed, and promises to send the "latest 'final' text" the following week.]

-The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1957-1965, pp. 583-585

Format

DVD
jpeg; 300 ppi

Language

French

Type

Motion Picture

Identifier

Play-DVD.jpg

Extent

95 minutes

1 scan

Files

Play-DVD.jpg

Citation

Palay, Sarah, “Staging Typescripts: Play and the Samuel Beckett papers : a senior honors thesis,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 18, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14885.