Beckett comments on the success of Waiting for Godotat Odéon Theatre in Paris and the progress on his new play [Happy Days]. As this letter shows, Wenning has become Beckett's preferred book and manuscript dealer by this time.
Beckett expresses his satisfaction with Wenning selling his (Beckett's) manuscripts, and updates Wenning, as he often does, on the latest writing, publication and production activities, including How It Is and Happy Days, with some personal news…
Heavily revised typescript of Beckett's translation of his play, Happy Days, originally written in English and published in 1961. Some of the revisions in this text were rejected in the printed text of the Les Editions de Minuit edition of 1963.
First of ten corrected typescripts at Washington University. Play presents a man, his wife and his mistress as heads sticking out of urns, taking turns under a spotlight as they recount the discovery and aftermath of an affair, over and over.
Beckett refers to the limited edition publication of Imagination Dead Imagine, his involvement in the film version of Comédie (Play), and the upcoming productions of Eh Joe, his first television play, in London and Stuttgart. He concludes…
Produced by Barney Rosset and Evergreen Theatre. Director, Alan Schneider; screenplay, Samuel Beckett; photography, Boris Kaufman. Originally released in 1964. Washington University also owns a 16 mm print of Film.