A staging of two unpublished versions of Samuel Beckett's short work Play, based on materials from Washington University's Special Collections. Performed on February 8, 2014 at the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, Mallinckrodt Center, Washington…
Black and white print of Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, and Eléonore Hirt on the film set of the 1966 adaption of Comédie (Play). Photograph by Rosine Nusimovici.
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…
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.
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.
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…