No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider

by Alan Schneider and Samuel Beckett

Book Overview

For Alan Schneider, directing Endgame, Samuel Beckett lays out the play's philosophy, then adds: "Don't mention any of this to your actors!"

He claimed he couldn't talk about his work, but Beckett proves remarkably forthcoming in these pages, which document the thirty-year working relationship between the playwright and his principal producer in the United States. The correspondence between Beckett and Schneider offers an unparalleled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674003853
• ISBN13: 9780674003859
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"