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Though Whitelaw and Beckett worked well together in the past and were close friends, this production, which Beckett directed, tried that friendship. Whitelaw, as Winnie, had memorized her (many) lines ahead of time, not knowing Beckett had made…

"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…

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.

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…

Royal Court Theatre program, London, 1964. The first public performance in England of the complete and unexpurgated text. (It had been done in the United States without any censorship issues.) Includes photo and bio of Jack MacGowran, who starred in…

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

Read by Patrick Magee. An excerpt from How It Is, Beckett's English translation of Comment c'est, a three-part novel narrated by a man crawling through mud, recounting his life before, with and after Pim, a companion. It was one of the most difficult…

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

An afternoon of readings and debate under the chairmanship of Martin Esslin. Includes Patrick Magee reading from Molloy.

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."