BIB_ID
282527
Accession number
MA 5071.2a-b
Published
[1953]
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2001.
Description
3 p. ; 13.5 cm
Notes
Printed in blue type on cream paper.
The premiere is scheduled for "le Mardi 6 Janvier 1953 à 21 heures très précises."
Library has two identical copies (MA 5071.2a-b).
Part of a collection related to Beckett's En attendant Godot that includes a carbon copy of the typescript of the play, two printed invitations to the opening night performance, two programs for the original production, a photograph of the original stage set, an autograph letter signed from Beckett to Gerstein, and lighting and set notes in Gerstein's hand. The typescript is bound; the rest of the material is loose. These items are now described individually as MA 5071.1-6.
The premiere is scheduled for "le Mardi 6 Janvier 1953 à 21 heures très précises."
Library has two identical copies (MA 5071.2a-b).
Part of a collection related to Beckett's En attendant Godot that includes a carbon copy of the typescript of the play, two printed invitations to the opening night performance, two programs for the original production, a photograph of the original stage set, an autograph letter signed from Beckett to Gerstein, and lighting and set notes in Gerstein's hand. The typescript is bound; the rest of the material is loose. These items are now described individually as MA 5071.1-6.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sergio Gerstein, the set designer for the original production of En attendant Godot.
Summary
A printed invitation for the premiere of Beckett's En attendant Godot, with empty lines for the guest's name and assigned seats to be filled in before the invitation was sent.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (29.7 cm)
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