The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: Endgame; Waiting for Godot; Krapp's Last Tape

Samuel Beckett

Published by Faber and Faber 1992-3, London, 1992

About this Item

Some lovely first editions of Samuel Beckett's theatrical notebooks as issued by Faber and Faber, each volume in its unclipped dust wrapper and housed in the original cardboard slipcases. The first edition, first impressions of Faber and Faber's series of the theatrical notebooks of Samuel Beckett, under general editorship of James Knowlson. The present collection is comprised of volumes I-III. A series illustrative of how Beckett simplified, shaped, and refined his plays to reach a good dramatical function, offering a remarkable record of the author's own involvement in the staging of his texts.The Schiller notebook also contains some of the most explicit analysis by Beckett of his own work.Illustrated with facsimile reproductions of the notebooks in text. Each volume complete with its unclipped dust wrapper and housed in its original cardboard box.Volume I:Waiting for Godot, edited with an introduction and notes by Dougald McMillan and James Knowlson. With the production notebook forWarten auf Godot at the Schiller-Theatre in Berlin, March 1975.Volume II:Endgame, edited with an introduction and notes by S. E. Gontarski. Beckett directed two productions of Endgame,one with the Schiller Theatre Company in Berlin 1967, and the second with the San Quentin Drama Workshop in 1980. The notes included in this volume are for both productions.Volume III:Krapp's Last Tape, with a revised text incorporating many of the changes Beckett made in 1969 Schiller production, as well as subsequent changes in later productions. Edited, with an introduction and notes by James Knowlson. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with facsimile reproductions of the notebooks in text. Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: Endgame; Waiting for Godot; Krapp's Last Tape
• Publisher: Faber and Faber 1992-3, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: book
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