ABSTRACT

[Written in English; first performed in German translation at Ulmer Theater, Ulm-Donau, 14 June 1963; first New York performance at Cherry Lane Theatre, 4 January 1964; first London performance. National Theatre, 7 April 1964; translated into French by Beckett as ‘Comédie’; first French performance at Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 11 June 1964; published by Faber & Faber, London, and Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1964; by ‘Evergreen Review,’ New York, 1965.]