Overview
Fragments of plays as well as letters to various correspondents by Anglo-French playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1975
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 volume)Includes fragments of a work titled Fragment de theatre and a typescript fragment of Waiting for Godot. Also includes letters from Beckett to Robert D. Graff, Geoffrey Hazard, and Walter Lowenfels.
Biographical / Historical
Beckett was an Anglo-French playwright and novelist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*75M-87. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Graff, High Time Farm, Far Hills, New Jersey 07931; received: 1976 May 5.
- Title
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-. Samuel Beckett papers: Guide.
- Author
- Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00597
Repository Details
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