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Play (1964-04-Old Vic-NT-London)

Type de série: Original London
Théâtre: Old Vic (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 3 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 20 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : mardi 07 avril 1964
Dernière : vendredi 31 juillet 1964
Mise en scène : Lindsay Anderson •
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Commentaires : Courte pièce jouée avant "Philoctetes" de Sophocle.
This Beckett (English) premiere starred Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens and Rosemary Harris as the three ghostly figures – man, wife, mistress – in urns, their faces applied with a mixture of porridge, egg-white and glue. James Knowlson records in the biography Damned to Fame: “The actors were astonished at the speed at which they were being urged to deliver their lines.” Beckett arrived and argued the lines should be delivered even faster. Kenneth Tynan, the literary manager, was horrified and arguments were had but director George Devine did as the author desired. “At the end, Beckett took a tape-recording of the English version with him back to Paris to demonstrate to the French actors exactly how quickly he wanted the lines to go.”