Rehearsal Script for Footfalls Performance, Spring, 1976
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Title
Rehearsal Script for Footfalls Performance, Spring, 1976
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Footfalls.
Description
Text shows minor variations when compared with the text published in book form by Faber, 1976.
Script for the opening of the play, one in a series at the Royal Court Theatre to celebrate Beckett’s 70th birthday. Beckett referred to Footfalls as his “pacing play,” as it features a distressed woman pacing relentlessly. The inspiration may have come from a real-life woman he knew, but by the time he finished writing it he had his favorite actress, Billie Whitelaw, in mind for the role.
Creator
Beckett, Samuel
Publisher
London : Royal Court Theatre
Date
[1976]
Relation
1966-1989 exhibit case
To Geoffrey Thompson (who had attended the production at the Royal Court Theatre), 10 July 1976: "Footfalls is indeed a strange affair, perhaps unduly elliptic & elusive. But it is not aimed at the intelligence." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, p. 430
Format
31 cm
jpeg; 300 dpi
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
3410060-Footfalls-01; 3410060-Footfalls-02; 3410060-Footfalls-03; 3410060-Footfalls-04; 3410060-Footfalls-05; 3410060-Footfalls-06; 3410060-Footfalls-07
Extent
7 leaves
7 scans
Citation
Beckett, Samuel, “Rehearsal Script for Footfalls Performance, Spring, 1976,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed August 24, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14900.
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