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Catastrophe

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  • Drámadóir

    Samuel Beckett 

  • Nótaí

    Written in French.

  • Achoimre

    Catastrophe features a theatre director and his assistant arranging a protagonist, who stands on a black block submitting to their direction. 'D', the director, wears a fur coat and matching toque (a kind of hat) and smokes a fat cigar. He has only a short amount of time to devote to the rehearsal, as he must go to a caucus meeting. 'A', the assistant, behaves with humility and alacrity, though she carefully wipes D's armchair before she can relax in it. She has frequent recourse to her pad and pencil. Luke, the offstage lighting man, remains invisible throughout. 'D' gets a 'storm of applause' for his creation but the brief existence of the protagonist ('P') ends as a skull: '… raises his head, fixes the audience. The applause falters, dies.'

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Aon-ghníomh

    • Cast size

  • Male

    2

  • Female

    1

  • Total

    3

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    1982

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    First produced at the Avignon Festival, France.
Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Foireann Léirithe
Stiúrthóir Stephen Meldbegg

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works

  • Bliain

    1986

  • Foilsithe ag

    Faber and Faber

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    74-77 Great Russell Street
    London WC1B 3DA
    England

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    + 44 (0)20 7465 0045

  • Ríomhphost

    contact@faber.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.faber.co.uk

  • ISBN

    0571144861

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  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    The Estate of Samuel Beckett

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    c/o Curtis Brown Haymarket House, 28/29 Haymarket,
    London SW1Y 4SP
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0) 20 7396 6600

  • Ríomhphost

    cb@curtisbrown.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.curtisbrown.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from 'Samuel Beckett: Collected Plays' (Faber and Faber, 1986) and from various other sources.