The Complete Dramatic Works - Hardcover

Book 10 of 70: Faber Drama

Beckett, Samuel

 
9780571138210: The Complete Dramatic Works

Synopsis

First thus edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. From the collection of W.L. Webb, the Guardian's literary editor for many years. Two 'Waiting for Godot' ticket stubs laid in. Jacket edges are creased and nicked, with a damp stain inside at the lower edge. Boards are a little marked. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly tanned and blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Book Description

The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett is an authoritative edition of the plays, for both theatre and radio - from Waiting for Godot to Endgame - of the Nobel Prize-winner Samuel Beckett.

About the Author

Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. His made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War Two. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot brought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theatre of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. Beckett continued to write prolifically for radio, TV and the theatre until his death in 1989.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title