Stage set for Beckett's En attendant Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone [photograph].

Record ID: 
282535
Accession number: 
MA 5071.4
Published: 
[1953]
Credit: 
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.

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 le

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop-spine box (29.7 cm)
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sergio Gerstein, the set designer for the original production of En attendant Godot.
Classification: