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Three short places published inEvergreen Review, no. 98,p. [39]-51

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.

Facsimile of the manuscript of Beckett's last original work, a poem he wrote in the hospital after regaining consciousness from a fall at home in July 1988. Translated to English as "What is the Word."

All That Fall marked Beckett's first foray into radio drama, and the first Beckett manuscript Washington University acquired.

Subtitled "A Selection from the Works of Samuel Beckett," this anthology, with drawings by Edward Gorey, was adapted by Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran, from MacGowran’s one-man show that opened in 1970. Limited to 300 copies, signed by…

Mimeographed actor's script for Martin Esslin's production of this radio play, starring Beckett’s three friends, Harold Pinter, Billie Whitelaw and Patrick Magee. Broadcast on the BBC as part of Beckett’s 70th birthday celebration.

"Filmed a year before the author's death in 1989, these special studio recordings of Eh Joe, Footfalls, and Rockaby--brief, concentrated, and pared down to the absolute essentials, even to the exclusion of color--are the definitive productions, made…

In Krapp's Last Tape, only one character appears on stage but Beckett develops a dialogue between two characters, the older Krapp on stage and the voice of Krapp’s younger self played back on the tape recorder. With Not I, Beckett achieved his…

Beckett Festival of Radio Plays: Words and Music; All That Fall cassette tapes. Washington, D.C. : National Public Radio Cassettes, 1989. These tapes include the performances and documentaries about the productions. Performances by Billie Whitelaw,…

Program and advertisement for production at New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.