Three Plays : Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe for Vaclav Havel, What Where
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Title
Three Plays : Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe for Vaclav Havel, What Where
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Ohio Impromptu. Catastrophe for Vaclav Havel. What Where.
Description
Three short places published in Evergreen Review, no. 98, p. [39]-51
"What Where" was initially written (in French, as "Quoi où") for a festival in Graz, Austria, and inspired by Franz Schubert’s song cycle, "Winter Journey," Thomas Moore’s poem, “The Light of Other Days,” and by the recent deaths of many old friends and relatives. Succeeding "Catastrophe," the play was misinterpreted as having political undertones, and Beckett later reworked it for German television. At its heart is the theme of the impossibility of understanding human existence. It features the last four lines that Beckett ever wrote for the stage: “Time passes. / That is all. / Make sense who may. / I switch off.”
Creator
Beckett, Samuel
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Grove Press
Date
1984
Relation
Ohio Impromptu typescript, Catastrophe broadside
1966-1989 exhibit case
To James Knowlson, 20 June 1983: "I called Alan after the opening at the Harold Clurman Theatre. It went well. Good notice in the N.Y.T. (Gussow)."
Note: "Alan Schneider was directing What Where with Ohio Impromptu and Catastrophe at the Harold Clurman Theatre, New York, opening on 11 June. Mel Gussow's review, 'Theater: Three Short Plays by Samuel Beckett,' commented on the political consciousness exhibited by Catastrophe and What Where, and concluded: 'Mysteries remain even as we are transfixed by the intesnity of the artistic vision' (The New York Times 16 June 1983: C18)."
-The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, pp. 615-616
Note: "Alan Schneider was directing What Where with Ohio Impromptu and Catastrophe at the Harold Clurman Theatre, New York, opening on 11 June. Mel Gussow's review, 'Theater: Three Short Plays by Samuel Beckett,' commented on the political consciousness exhibited by Catastrophe and What Where, and concluded: 'Mysteries remain even as we are transfixed by the intesnity of the artistic vision' (The New York Times 16 June 1983: C18)."
-The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, pp. 615-616
Format
illustrated ; 24 cm
jpeg; 300 ppi
Language
English
Type
English
Identifier
Three-Plays-by-SB-Evergreen-cover.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-01.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-02.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-03.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-04.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-05.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-06.jpg; Three-Plays-by-SB-07.jpg
Extent
13 pages
8 scans
Citation
Beckett, Samuel, “Three Plays : Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe for Vaclav Havel, What Where,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14903.
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