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Illustrated by Louis le Brocquy. One of many fine press editions of Beckett’s work, and the first publication of the final published prose piece by Beckett--a collection of prose fragments written over three years.

Bing typed draft - one of ten toward the short story - with a note by Beckett

Notebook Beckett used to draft Bing.

In October-November 1965, Beckett worked intensively through nine successive drafts before he finally abandoned the piece, leaving it unpublished in its entirety until 1970. Washington University holds the manuscripts of all nine drafts, including…

First published in English in No's Knife: Collected Shorter Prose, 1945-1966, this fiction, along with the novel trilogy, came to be recognized as a milestone in the literary shift from modernism to postmodernism.

Holograph draft of Beckett's French translation of his television play, Eh Joe, first written in English in 1965 and produced on the BBC in 1966, starring Jack MacGowran, whom Beckett had in mind when it was written.

Includes an essay on directing Film by Alan Schneider. This copy bears Beckett's signature on the title page, and the text contains a number of corrections in his hand. Beckett continuously made revisions to his works, years after their completion.…

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.

Corrected carbon typescript draft of Filmscenario, including Beckett's outline and notes for the original English version.

Autograph draft for the "dramaticule," Va et Vient.