Play (play)

Play
Written bySamuel Beckett
CharactersM
W1
W2
Date premiered14 June 1963 (1963-06-14)
Place premieredUlmer Theatre, Ulm-Donau, West Germany
Original languageGerman

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]

  1. ^ Ellis, Samantha (2004-03-17). "Curtain up: Beckett's Play at the Old Vic, April 7 1964". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-07-16.