UMD Visual Press & San Quentin Drama Workshop Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME Collection
Collection
0169-SCPA
In 1985, the playwright Samuel Beckett had his plays Waiting for Godot, Krapp’s Last Tape, and The Endgame performed widely throughout Europe and Asia under the production title "Beckett Directs Beckett". The plays were performed by the San Quentin Players to wide acclaim. What was then the University of Maryland’s Visual Press documented the production through photography and video recording. The UMD Visual Press & San Quentin Drama Workshop Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME Collection covers the period from 1965 to 1993 with the bulk of the materials falling between 1990 and 1993. The collection consists of notated scripts, newspaper clippings, brochures, one VHS tape, one CD-R, assorted books, correspondence, photographic materials, and various other materials pertaining to the performance of Beckett’s Endgame at UMD.
There are no restricted files in this collection.
Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Please make an appointment with the curator: Tel: 301.405.9220, Email: scpa@umd.edu
1.50 Linear Feet
77 Items
The UMD Visual Press & San Quentin Drama Workshop Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME Collection covers the period from 1965 to 1993 with the bulk of the materials falling between 1990 and 1993. The collection consists of notated scripts, newspaper clippings, brochures, one VHS tape, one CD-R, assorted books, correspondence, photographic materials, and various other materials pertaining to the performance of Beckett’s Endgame at UMD.
In 1985, the playwright Samuel Beckett had his plays Waiting for Godot, Krapp’s Last Tape, and The Endgame performed widely throughout Europe and Asia under the production title “Beckett Directs Beckett”. The plays were performed by the San Quentin Players to wide acclaim. What was then the University of Maryland’s Visual Press documented the production through photography and video recording.
The collection consists of two series. Series 1, Memorabilia, is described at the item level.
Transferred to SCPA by William Gilcher in 2013 and November 2017. During the 1990s, Gilcher was affiliated with what was UMD's Visual Press, which is no longer active. Visual Press produced and distributed a videotaped production of Becket's ENDGAME, among other titles.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library