Waiting For Godot by SAMUEL BECKETT – First Edition

Description

Title

Waiting For Godot

Publisher

Faber & Faber London

Publication Date

1956

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine Hardcover with dust jacket now protected in removable cover. True first English edition. The publisher’s tipped-in notice explains that this first UK edition was subject to occasional textual deletions by the Lord Chamberlain and uses the version of the text as performed at the Criterion Theatre from 12 September 1955. The unexpurgated text was not published in the UK until 1965. The play premiered on 5 January 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris. “The extraordinary success of this first production in French was responsible for Beckett’s rise to worldwide fame, as the play rapidly became an object of intense international interest and controversy” (ODNB). The English-language theatrical premiere took place on 3 August 1955 at the Arts Theatre, London. The book is in generally fine original condition with the original publisher’s note infilled. Slight moulding to the rear end papers otherwise a fine original copy of this legendary work. Collector’s Item.