ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: BECKETT Volume 1 BECKETT ON FILE BECKETT ON FILE Edited by VIRGINIA COOKE First published in 1985 in simultaneous hardback and paperback editions by Methuen London Ltd and Methuen Inc This edition first published in 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright in the compilation © 1985 Virginia Cooke Copyright in the series format © 1985 Methuen London Ltd Copyright in the editorial presentation © 1985 Simon Trussler All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-367-74658-2 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-00-315914-8 (Set) (ebk) ISBN: 978-0-367-74667-4 (Volume 1) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-00-315898-1 (Volume 1) (ebk) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. DOI: 10.4324/9781003158981 WRITERS ON FILE General Editor: Simon Trussler Associate Editor: Malcolm Page BECKETI on File Compiled by Virginia Cooke Methuen. London and New York First published in 1985 in simultaneous hardback and paperback editions by Methuen London Ltd, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE and Methuen Inc, 733 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Copyright in the compilation © 1985 by Virginia Cooke Copyright in the series fomat © 1985 by Methuen London Ltd Copyright in the editorial presentation © 1985 by Simon Trussler Typeset in IBM 9pt Press Roman by ~ Tek-Art, Croydon, Surrey Printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd Member of the BPCC Group, Aylesbury, Bucks. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Cooke, Virginia Beckett on file. - (Playwrights on file) I. Beckett, Samuel - Criticism and interpretation I. Title II. Series 822'.912 PR6003.E282Z/ ISBN 0-413-58510-7 ISBN 0-413-54560-1 Pbk Cover image based on a photo by John Haynes This book is published in both hardback and paperback editions. The paperback edition is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. General Editor's Introduction 5 V'J ~ d 1: A Brief Chronology 7 (J) 2: The Plays ~ d Waiting for Godot 13 0 All That Fall 16 u Endgame 18 Act without Words I 22 Krapp 's Last Tape 23 Rough for Theatre I and II 25 Embers 26 Act without Words II 28 Rough for Radio I and II 29 Happy Days 30 Words and Music 33 Play 34 Cascando 37 Film 38 Come and Go 41 Eh Joe 43 Not! 45 That Time 47 Footfalls 51 Ghost Trio 53 '... but the clouds ... ' 55 A Piece ofMonologue 57 Rockaby 58 Ohio Impromptu 59 Quad 61 Catastrophe 62 Nacht and Triiume 63 What Where 64 3: Non-Dramatic Writing a: Prose in Performance 66 b: Fiction 78 c: Other Works 84 4: The Writer on His work 85 S: A Select Bibliography Full-Length Studies 87 Articles and Chapters in Books 91 3