Sans
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Title
Sans
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Sans.
Description
Originally a short story written in French, Beckett translated it to English as Lessness and scripted it for radio. Washington University holds typescripts and a rare copy of the acting script of Lessness.
Bears the author's signed autograph presentation inscription to Henry & Adele [Wenning] dated Feb. 1970. Also bears Mr. Wenning's initialled autograph presentation inscription to "Washington Un. Library."
First edition. One of 100 numbered copies hors commerce.
Creator
Beckett, Samuel
Publisher
Paris : Les Éditions de Minuit
Date
1969
Relation
1966-1989 exhibit case
Samuel Beckett Papers (MSS008) Folder 45: Lessness [radio play], 1971
Typescript [photocopy], 11 pages. 1 item
Folder 46: Lessness [radio play], 1971
Typescript [photocopy], 24 pages. 1 item
Typescript [photocopy], 11 pages. 1 item
Folder 46: Lessness [radio play], 1971
Typescript [photocopy], 24 pages. 1 item
To Barbara Bray, 29 December 1969: "Again abandoned translation of Sans at 'tête par l'oeil calme toute sa raison.' No work ever brought me less echo, I feel it still falling in bottomless pit." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, p. 215
Format
20 cm; 2 pages
jpeg; 300 ppi
Language
French
Type
Book
Identifier
Sans-01.jpg; Sans-02.jpg
Extent
20 pages
Citation
Beckett, Samuel, “Sans,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed August 24, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14906.
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