ABSTRACT
Alan Schneider (b. 1917) is the leading American director of Beckett's plays. He has also written on theatrical subjects for the ‘New York Times,’ the ‘New Leader,’ ‘Theatre Arts,’ ‘Saturday Review,’ and other journals.
I take no sides. I am interested in the shape of ideas. There is a wonderful sentence in Augustine: ‘Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.’ That sentence has a wonderful shape. It is the shape that matters.
SAMUEL BECKETT.