No Author Better Served : The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider / ed. by Maurice Harmon

Date : 1998

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 0-674-62522-6

ISBN : 978-0-674-00385-9

EAN : 9780674625228

Beckett -- Samuel -- 1906-1989 -- Correspondance

Schneider -- Alan -- 1917-1984 -- Correspondance

Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989) (Auteur / author)

Schneider, Alan (1917-1984) (Auteur / author)

Harmon, Maurice (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Résumé / Abstract : The correspondence between Beckett and Schneider offers an unparalleled picture of the art and craft ot theater in the hands ot two masters, as playwright and director discuss new stagings. It is also an endlessly enlightening look into Beckett's ideas and methods, his remarks a virtual crib sheet for his brilliant, eccentric plays. The correspondence starts in December 1955 and continues to Schneider's accidental death in March 1984 (when crossing a street to mail a letter to Beckett). The 500 letters capture the world of theater as well as the personalities of their authors.