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Both performances were world premieres. Written in French and performed first in London.
03/04/1957 - 06/04/1957
03/04/1957
06/04/1957
Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)
TBC
2 Saturday Evening Performances
Mon-Fri: 7.30pm, Wed: 2.30pm, Sat: 5pm, 8.15pm
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Fin de Partie was followed by Acte sans Paroles. This first performance date is noted on the front cover of the Fin de Partie Programme. Richard Findlater's At the Royal Court: 25 years of the English Stage Company, notes the performance began on 02/04/1957. As does the Royal Court's 1958 Endgame programme. See BC MS 3186. This production was performed in the Theatre Downstairs.
Bibilographic, Archive and Web resources
Book
Richard Findlater, At the Royal Court : 25 years of the English Stage Company (Amber Lane Press, 1981)
BC MS 3185
Programme
University of Reading
Notes about this production
Seat (%): 65, Box Office (%): 69, Production Costs: 723, Overall BO: 65,289, Arts Council Grant: £5,000
(Source: Richard Findlater, At the Royal Court: 25 years of the English Stage Company (London: Amber Lane Press, 1981), p. 246.)
Of Deryk Mendel, the RC programme notes 'Samuel Beckett devised the play specially for him.' Also '[Jean Martin] created the part of "Lucky in "Waiting for Godot"'. The play following Fin de Partie at the Royal Court was The Entertainer by John Osbourne, with Laurence Olivier.
Record/Data Source
30/11/2012
MMcF
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