<
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_008.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_009.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_006.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_007.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_004.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_005.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_003.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_001.jpg
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_002.jpg

Play corrected typescript

Dublin Core

Title

Play corrected typescript

Subject

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Play.

Description

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.

Creator

Beckett, Samuel

Date

circa 1963

Relation

MSS008 Box 3 Folder 59: Play, 1963 Page proofs, 16 pages. 1 item; Folder 60: nine other Play typescripts. Box 2 Folder 32: Comedie Autograph, typescript, typescript [carbon], tearsheets, 58 pages. 5 items

MSS008 Box 5 Item 4-21: various photos of Beckett and actors on the film set of the 1966 film adaptation of Comedie directed by Marin Karmitz. Photographs by Rosine Nusimovici. 9.5" x 7" black and white prints.

1957-1965 exhibit case
To Robert Pinget, 15 May 1962: "I am doing nothing. Ten false starts on - I don' tknow what. An idea for one act: three faces, and lights. That keeps me warm a little. Very difficult, but I think I can get there. I'd like to talk to you about it." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1957-1965, p. 484

Format

typescript with holograph corrections
jpeg; 300 ppi

Language

English

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_001.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_002.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_003.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_004.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_005.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_006.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_007.jpg;
MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_008.jpg; MSS008_II_play_03_60_Draft01_009.jpg;

Extent

9 leaves
9 scans

Citation

Beckett, Samuel, “Play corrected typescript,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14882.