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Written by | Samuel Beckett |
Characters | M W1 W2 |
Date premiered | 14 June 1963 |
Place premiered | Ulmer Theatre, Ulm-Donau, West Germany |
Original language | German |
Play is a one-act play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963 and first produced in German as Spiel on 14 June 1963 at the Ulmer Theatre in Ulm-Donau, Germany, directed by Deryk Mendel, with Nancy Illig (W1), Sigfrid Pfeiffer (W2) and Gerhard Winter (M). The first performance in English was on 7 April 1964 at the Old Vic in London. It was not well-received upon its British premiere.[1]