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Va et vient autograph draft

Dublin Core

Title

Va et vient autograph draft

Subject

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Va et vient.

Description

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

Beckett called this short play a "dramaticule" in order to emphasize its severely reduced nature. In addition, Washington University holds two heavily corrected drafts in typescript, as well as four typescripts for the original English version, Come and Go.

Creator

Beckett, Samuel

Date

1965

Relation

1957-1965 exhibit case

MSS008 Box 2 Folder 30: Come and go Typescript and typescript [carbon], 18 pages. 4 items; Folder 31: Come and go Typescript [carbon], 4 pages. 1 item
To Peter du Sautoy, Faber and Faber, 17 April 1965: "It is very good of you to allow John Calder to publish COME AND GO which I wrote for the opening of his new theatre and dedicated to him. It is understood of course that this does not preclude eventual publication by you." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1957-1965, p. 664

Format

looseleaf holograph draft
jpeg; 300 ppi

Language

French

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

MSS008_II_va_et_vient_04_71_ 001.jpg; MSS008_II_va_et_vient_04_71_ 002.jpg; II_va_et_vient_04_71_003.jpg; MSS008_II_va_et_vient04_71_004.jpg; II_va_et_vient_04_71_005.jpg

Extent

3 leaves

5 scans

Citation

Beckett, Samuel, “Va et vient autograph draft,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14886.