Dublin Core
Title
Proof for Breath and Other Shorts
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Breath and Other Shorts.
Description
Uncorrected proof copy of 1st edition. Includes Breath, Come and Go: a Dramaticule, Act without Words I: a Mime for One Player, Act without Words II: a Mime for Two Players and From an Abandoned Work
Beckett contributed this 120-word text to Kenneth Tynan's erotic revue, Oh! Calcutta!, which also included work by Jules Feiffer, John Lennon, Sam Shepard and others. Beckett was livid when he discovered his opening stage directions were changed (on stage and in print) without his knowledge. In addition, he was the only contributor whose sketch was credited to him while the other contributors were not attributed to their respective sketches. He immediately withdrew his contribution from further productions.
Source
PR6003 E282 B74 1971a
Publisher
London, Faber and Faber Ltd.
Relation
MSS008 Box 6 Folder 88: Breath, 1971, autograph [photocopy] and typescript [photocopy] drafts, 2 pages. 2 items
1966-1989 exhibit case
To Francis Warner, 16 February 1970: "Thanks for letter with Breath apropos of which you will be edified to learn that as published by Grove Press it is enriched by the phrase 'including naked bodies' inserted after "unidentifiable rubbish". This forgery is presumably the work of Tynan - just as he changed my title to 'Prologue to O. C.' Grove must have got the script from him and their good faith is not in question." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, p. 223
Identifier
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