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Dear Mr. Beckett : the Samuel Beckett file / Barney Rosset ; foreword by Edward Beckett, preface by Paul Auster, edited by Lois Oppenheim, curated by Astrid Myers Rosset.
Van Pelt Library PR6003.E282 Z48 2017
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosset, Barney, author.
- Series:
- Author file series.
- Author file series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
- Beckett, Samuel.
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Correspondence.
- Rosset, Barney.
- Rosset, Barney--Correspondence.
- Grove Press--History.
- Grove Press.
- Dramatists--20th century.
- Dramatists.
- Authors, French--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, French.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- History.
- United States.
- Authors, Irish--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Irish.
- Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.
- Theater--Production and direction--Sources.
- Theater.
- Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Records and correspondence.
- Sources.
- Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 473 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Samuel Beckett file
- Place of Publication:
- Tuxedo Park, NY : Opus, [2017]
- Summary:
- Through letters, contracts, photos, interviews, speeches, reviews, and memorabilia - most of which has never before been made public - a rare personal and professional friendship unfolds between these two oddly shy daredevils, shifting and turning the tide of literature in America. Barney Rosset, more than any other publisher, fiercely advocated for the most daring and influential writers of the 20th century. Through his Grove imprint, whole generations have embraced some of the greatest playwrights of our time, including Genet, Pinter, Mamet, Ionesco, D.H. Lawrence, and of course Samuel Beckett. Scholars, students, and fans of literary letters will find this volume beguiling reading.--Publisher.
- Contents:
- Act 1 The Early Letters 63
- Selected Letters 1955-1964
- Contracts Between Grove Press and Les Editions De Minuit
- Howard Fertig in Village Voice
- Kenneth Rexroth in the Nation
- Entr'acte 147
- Interview with Barney Rosset and John Calder
- Interview with Barney Rosset on his Beginnings at Grove
- Act 2 The French Connection 175
- Interview with JérômeMe Lindon
- Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Interview with Eugène Ionesco
- Pataphysics Award to Barney Rossset
- "Publishing The French 'New Novel'" by Barney Rosset
- Entr'acte 207
- Letters from Judith Schmidt to Samuel Beckett
- Village Voice on Happy Days Obie Award
- Act 3 From Word to Image 215
- Rosset Recollects
- Interview with Barney Rosset on his Revolutionary Spirit
- Interview with Barney Rosset on the Olympia-Merlin Conflict
- Breath
- Beckett's Corrections to Prologue for Oh Calcutta!
- Film
- Rosset on Film
- Interview with Barney Rosset on the Five Grove Film Scripts
- Letter from Samuel Beckett about Oriental Institute of Chicago Photograph
- Excerpt from Recorded Film Pre-Production Transcript
- Entr'acte 263
- Come and Go
- Letter from Rosset
- Sol Lewitt Drawing in Harper's Bizarre
- Selected Letters: Estelle Parsons, Samuel Beckett, Barney Rosset, David Mamet
- Barney Rosset, Richard Seaver, and D.A. Pennebaker in Conversation
- Selected Letters of the '70s
- Act 4 The 'plays' the Thing 299
- Rockaby
- Daniel Labeille on Producing Rockaby
- Correspondence between Labeille and Beckett
- Endgame
- First Paris Production
- American Repertory Theater Production
- Rosset Letter to Robert Brustein
- Statements by Samuel Beckett and Grove Press
- Waiting for Godot
- Lincoln Center Production
- Rosset Letter to Robin Williams
- Rosset Letters to Beckett
- Act 5 Après (Barney's) Grove 343
- Letter from Samuel Beckett to Barney Rosset
- Centre Pompidou
- Opening to Address by Barney Rosset
- Statement by Barney Rosset
- Petition to Keep Rosset at Grove Press
- Letter from Maurice Girodias to Samuel Beckett
- Letter from Maurice Girodias to Serge July
- Interview with Barney Rosset on his Fight to Publish Post-Grove
- Interview with Barney Rosset on Beckett's Gift of Stirrings Still
- Embers
- Letters from John Calder to Joan Mitchell
- Stirrings Still
- Typescript
- Review by Robert Scanlan
- Letter from Rosset to Harold Pinter
- Interview with Barney Rosset on Catastrophe and Vaclav Havel
- Letter from Rosset to Vaclav Havel
- Pen American Center Publisher Citation
- Eleutheria
- Letter from Beckett to Rosset
- Jerry Tallmer in the Sunday Record
- Letter from Rosset to Edward Albee
- Letter from Bernard Gersten
- Letter from Ciaran O'Reilly and Charlotte Moore
- Program from Scena Theatre Production
- Letters from Rosset to Jérôme Lindon and Edward Beckett
- Letters from Edward Beckett to Rosset
- Letter from Susan Sontag to Rosset
- Smiting for Godot in Sarajevo
- Susan Sontag Production Notes
- Letter from Rosset to Susau Sontag
- Susan Sontag Excerpts from "Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781623160708
- 1623160707
- OCLC:
- 959911460
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