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THE PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT BY THE SAME AUTHOR Samuel Beckett: A Study of his Novels EUGENE WEBB The Plays of SAMUEL BECKETT University of Washington Press Seattle Copyright © 1972 by the University of Washington Press Second printing, 1974 Washington Paperback edition, 1974, 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The paper used in this publication is acid-free and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Webb, Eugene, 1938 The plays of Samuel Beckett. Bibliography: p. I. Beckett, Samuel, 1906- I. Title. PR6oo3.E282Z88 842'.9'14 72-2901 ISBN 978-0-295-99435-2 For Teri This page intentionally left blank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Permission to quote from the following works by Samuel Beckett has been kindly granted by Grove Press, Inc.: Cascando, copyright © 1963 by Samuel Beckett; Words and Music, copyright © 1962 by Samuel Beckett; Eh Joe, copyright © 1967 by Samuel Beckett; Play, copyright © 1964 by Samuel Beckett; Come and Go, copyright © 1968 by Samuel Beckett; Film, copyright © 1967 by Samuel Beckett; Endgame, Act Without Words, copyright © 1958 by Grove Press, Inc.; Happy Days, copyright © 1964 by Grove Press, Inc.; Krapp's Last Tape, All That Fall, Embers, Act Without Words II, copyright © 1957 by Samuel Beckett, copyright © 1958, 1959, 1960 by Grove Press, Inc.; Waiting for Godot, copyright © 1954 by Grove Press, Inc.; Bram Van Velde, copyright © 1958 by Georges Fall, Paris; Malone Dies, copyright © 1956 by Grove Press, Inc.; The Unnamable, copyright © 1958 by Grove Press, Inc.; Proust, all rights reserved, first published 1931; Watt, all rights reserved, first published by The Olympia Press, Paris, 1953, first American edition 1959; Molloy, all rights reserved in all countries by The Olympia Press, Paris and Grove Press, New York, first Grove Press edition 1955. Passages from the following works of Samuel Beckett are quoted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.: Waiting for Godot, All That Fall, End- game, Krapps Last Tape, Embers, Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II, Happy Days, Words and Music, Cascando, Play, Film, and Eh Joe. Passages from the following works of Samuel Beckett are quoted by permission of Calder and Boyars Ltd.: Watt, Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, Bram Van Velde, Proust, and Come and Go. Random House, Inc., and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., have kindly granted permission to quote from " The Anecdote of the Jar" by Wallace Stevens, copyrighted by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS I Introduction: Beckett and the Philosophical Tradition of the Absurd 13 II Waiting for Godot 26 III All That Fall 42 IV Endgame 54 V Krapp's Last Tape 66 VI Embers 77 VII Two Mimes: Act Without Words I and Act Without Words II 86 VIII Happy Days 91 IX Words and Music 102 X Cascando 109 XI Trios: Play and Come and Go 113 XII Film 120 XIII Eh Joe 127 XIV A General View 131 Notes 143 List of First Performances 149 Bibliography 151 Index 157
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