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Staging Typescripts: Play and the Samuel Beckett papers : a senior honors thesis
A staging of two unpublished versions of Samuel Beckett's short work Play, based on materials from Washington University's Special Collections.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…
Comédie production photograph
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.
Samuel Beckett letter to Henry Wenning, 1966: January 9
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…
Play corrected typescript
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.
Oh les beaux jours production photograph
Madeleine Renaud as Winnie in Oh les beaux jours
Oh les beaux jours typescript
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.
Oh les beaux jours extraits LP
Extracts from the French version of Happy Days, performed by Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault.
Happy Days playbill
Playbill for Happy Days production at Royal Court Theater in London, starring Madeleine Renaud, 1969: September.
Samuel Beckett letter to Henry Wenning, 1963: July 31
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…
Samuel Beckett letter to Henry Wenning, 1961: June 2
Beckett states that his new play [Happy Days] is finished but that he isn't sure how he feels about it until he sees it in the theater.