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What Where, Catastrophe, and Ohio Impromptu, 1983

 Item — Box: VMF General Oversize, Folder: 13

"The Harold Clurman Theatre and Lucille Lortel ... Present the World Premiere of Samuel Beckett's What Where[,] Catastrophe[,] and Ohio Impromptu." New York: 1983. Poster printed in two colors, by Jim Warren. 22 x 14 inches. Inscribed by Beckett. Folding crease at center, damp-staining to top and bottom margin, affecting inscription.

Inscribed, "to Bill Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett".

William Targ (1907-1999) was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ (1925-2017) was Beckett's literary agent.

Accession number MS-2024-009

Dates

  • Creation: 1983

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area

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