The making of Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot/Waiting for Godot / Dirk Van Hulle, Pim Verhulst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulle, Dirk van, author.

Verhulst, Pim, author.

Series:

Beckett Digital Manuscript Project ; 06.

Bloomsbury literary studies series

Beckett digital manuscript project ; 06

Literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. En attendant Godot.

Beckett, Samuel.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. En attendant Godot--English.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism, Textual.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Manuscripts.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Technique.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Technique.

Manuscripts.

Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

381 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Bloomsbury edition.

Place of Publication:

Antwerp : UPA University Press Antwerp ; London : Bloomsbury, [2017]

Summary:

"This volume of the BDMP analyses the genesis of En attendant Godot. Samuel Beckett wrote his most famous play between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949, as a relaxation from the 'awful prose' of the trilogy he was writing at the time, and it soon became a worldwide success after its Paris premiere at the Théâtre de Babylone in January 1953. Having little to no experience in the theatre, Beckett significantly revised the text in rehearsal and in the English translation that followed in 1954, a pattern which continued in the following decades, when he frequently directed his own plays in multiple languages. This study of Godot's making charts both the genetic and the epigenetic or postpublication development of the text, in French and in English, bringing new documents and versions to light. Being the one play that spans Beckett's entire dramaturgical and directorial career, it bears unique testimony to his continuously changing understanding of theatre, so that a 'definitive' version seems almost as elusive as its protagonist."--Back cover.

First performed in 1953, 'Waiting for Godot' is Samuel Beckett's masterpiece and one of the most important dramatic works of the 20th century. This is a comprehensive reference guide to the history of the text.

Contents:

Introduction : Beckett's tragicomedy

Documents. Autograph manuscripts ; Typescripts ; Journal publications ; Editions ; Playscripts, acting copies and broadcasting scripts ; Genetic map

Genesis of En attendant Godot. Before En attendant Godot ; Act I ; Act II

Genesis of Waiting for Godot. Translating En attendant Godot ; Translating as revision ; Other patterns of revision

Conclusion

Appendix I

Appendix II

Works cited. Works by Beckett ; Other works cited or consulted

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-375) and index.

ISBN:

147252487X

9781472524874

9789057187001

9057187000

OCLC:

1006795951