Three Occasional Pieces

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Title

Three Occasional Pieces

Subject

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. A Piece of Monologue. Rockaby. Ohio Impromptu.

Description

Includes A Piece of Monologue, Rockaby, Ohio Impromptu
"These three short dramatic pieces ... were first performed in the United States in 1980-81"--p. [4] of wrappers

Creator

Beckett, Samuel

Source

PR6003 E282 R632 1982a

Publisher

London : Faber and Faber

Date

1982

Relation

Previously published in Rockaby and Other Short Pieces. New York : Grove Press, 1981
Actor David Warrilow had written to Beckett on 6 September 1977 to ask for a monologue on death. On 1 October, Beckett replied: “My birth was my death” (see 2 November 1977, Jocelyn Herbert, n.1 (The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1966-1989, 471). On 30 October 1979, Beckett wrote to Warrilow: “I like yr. idea for the monologue. May I suggest you establish a few passages of silence in the recording. Say 3 of 5 [seconds] more or less. For you to be standing there dead still in dead still. Wherever you deem most appropriate” (The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1966-1989, 514).
Warrilow sent a recording of his performance in February 1980, to which Beckett responded on 15 February 1980: “I’ve listened to the tape. My initial impression was of over-slowness. But as it went on I was won over. There’s a repetition near to end that needs editing out. Breath dramatisation [sic] of speechlessness very effective. Warm congratulations again” (The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1966-1989, 515, n. 2).
1966-1989 exhibit case
Ohio Impromptu typescript
Three Plays (Evergreen Review)

Format

20 cm

Language

English

Type

Book

Identifier

Three-Occasional-Pieces-01.tiff; Three-Occasional-Pieces-02.tiff; Three-Occasional-Pieces-03.tiff

Extent

32 pages
3 scans

Files

Three-Occasional-Pieces-02.jpg
Three-Occasional-Pieces-01.jpg
Three-Occasional-Pieces-03.jpg

Citation

Beckett, Samuel, “Three Occasional Pieces,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14901.