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The French title, Oh les beaux jours was not yet present in this typescript draft. Beckett added the title shortly before publication. He claims that it is a paraphrase of a line in Paul Verlaine’s poem “Colloque sentimental.”

English and French on opposite pages. Both the orignal English text and the French translation are by author Samuel Beckett.

In this letter to Henry Wenning, Beckett conveys a lack of enthusiasm for the task of translating the play Happy Days: “Nothing but this dreary work and nothing else in sight.”

In this letter to Miss Marx (possibly the publisher Erica), Beckett apologizes for the delay in contact. He explains that he was busy with the negotiations with Faber & Faber for the English-language edition of Godot.

First British edition, translated by Beckett himself.

First edition of the play, published in advance of the premiere.

This is the program from the Théâtre Hébertot's 1956 En attendant Godot, which featured original cast members Lucien Raimbourg and Pierre Latour reprising their roles of Vladimir and Estragon respectively.

This poster features a facsimile of the first page of Beckett’s manuscript for En attendant Godot. It also features an image of original cast members Lucien Raimbourg and Pierre Latour playing the roles of Vladimir and Estragon respectively.

For solo piano.

For medium voice and piano.