Play

BW A/1

1964-1966

Billie Whitelaw was born in Coventry on 6 June 1932 and educated at Thornton Grammar School, Bradford. She was an actress who worked extensively with Samuel Beckett. She was appointed CBE in 1991. Billie Whitelaw died on 21 December 2014.

Play was Billie Whitelaw's first performance of a work overseen by Beckett. She played W2 in the premiere of Play at the National Theatre, London, 1964

series

BC, JEK, BC MS 5519