PRODUCTION HISTORY [in process - more soon]
WORLD PREMIERE
Spiel | Ulmer Theaer, Ulm-Donau | 14 June 1963
Director: Deryk Mendel
Cast: Nancy Illig, Sigrid Pfeiffer, Gerhard Winter
Revived on November 16, 1963
Cast: Ruth Hausmeister, Gisela Stein, Holger Kepick
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Play | Cherry Lane Theater, New York | January 4, 1964
Director: Alan Schneider
Cast: Frances Sternhagen, Marian Reardon, Michael Lipton
LONDON PREMIERE
Play | The National Theatre at The Old Vic Theatre, London | April 7, 1964
Artistic Directors of The Old Vic Theatre: Laurence Olivier & Kenneth Tynan
Director: George Devine
Cast
Rosemary Harris, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens
This production was Beckett's first time working with actress Billie Whitelaw. The two immediately developed a strong working relationship. Whitelaw served as somewhat of a muse for Beckett, who would go on to cast her in many of his future plays, some of which would be written with her in mind.
Left to Right: Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens, Rosemary Harris
PARIS PREMIERE
Comédie | Pavillion de Marsan, Paris | June 14, 1964
Director: Jean-Marie Serreau
Cast: Eléonore Hirt, Delphie Seyrig, Michaël Lonsdale
ABBEY THEATRE | 1967
Play | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland | October 7, 1967
Director: Edward Golden
Cast: Joan O'Hara, Angela Newman, Patrick Laffan
ARENA THEATRE | 1976
Play | Arena Stage, Washington D.C. | 1976
Performed as a triple bill with Footfalls and That Time
Director: Alan Schneider
Set & Costume Design: Zack Brown
Lighting Design: William Mintzer
Sound Design: Gary Harris
Technical Director: Henry R. Gorfele
Production Coordinator: Geroge Spalding
Stage Manager: Ellen Raphael
Cast
Dianne Wiest, Donald Davis, Sloan Shelton
Left to Right: Dianne Wiest, Donald Davis, and Sloan Shelton
Review: Brilliant Fragments of Beckett by Clive Barnes, New York Times
"It all adds up to a mysterious, pungent and disquietingly moving evening in the theater. What is Beckett trying to say to us? He is trying to say that we are going to die and that our past is the drab summation of our future. Chilling. But also funny." - Clive Barnes
SCHILLER-THEATER WERKSTATT | 1978
Spiel | Schiller-Theater Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany | October 6, 1978
Director: Samuel Beckett
Cast: Hildegard Schmahl as F1, Sybille Gilles as F2, Klaus Herm as M