BIB_ID
282535
Accession number
MA 5071.4
Published
[1953]
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2001.
Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 175 x 235 mm
Notes
En attendant Godot was originally produced in 1953 by Roger Blin; the set design (décors) was by Sergio Gerstein.
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.
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
Black & white photograph of the stage set for the original production of Beckett's En attendant Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris. A bare tree stands in the background on the right, and there are low seats in the foreground on the right and the left. The moon appears at the back of the stage in lights.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (29.7 cm)
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