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End of Day, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1962

 Item — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 15

Program for the London first run of this one man play featuring Jack McGowran. 8vo. 8 pages. Pink, stapled wrappers, near fine. The cover is inscribed, in ink, to the Director of Publicity at New Directions (one of Beckett’s publishers) “For Edwin Erbe / cordially / Sam. Beckett / Nov. 1962.” The play would go through several revisions into the 1970s, with McGowran earning the 1970–1971 Obie for Best Performance by an Actor for his off–Broadway performances in the show.

Accession number MS-2024-017

Dates

  • Creation: 1962

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area

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