[Program for] En attendant Godot de Samuel Beckett, mis en scène par Roger Blin.

Record ID: 
282532
Accession number: 
MA 5071.3a-b
Published: 
Paris : [W. Fischer, 1953]
Credit: 
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2001.
Description: 
8 p. : ill. (ports.) ; 15.5 cm
Notes: 

At top of t.p.: "Jean-Marie Serreau présente."
Includes a list of the repertory of the Théâtre de Babylone on p. 2.
Includes portraits of the original cast and crew including Samuel Beckett, Roger Blin, Pierre Latour, Jean Martin, Lucien Raimbourg, Serge Lecointe, Jean-Marie Serreau, Eléonore Hirt, Renée Cosima, Marcel Degliame, and Philippe Grenier.
Decorative color cover designed by "F.G."
Library has two identical copies (MA 5071.3a-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 inserted. These items are now described individually as MA 5071.1-6.

Summary: 

The program from the original production of En attendant Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953.

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.