Production History
Beckett was not happy with the piece when first completed. He wrote to Kay Boyle in March 1983: “Just finished a short piece – theatre – for the Graz autumn festival, to my dissatisfaction.” As had become his working practice, he refined it in rehearsals over several years until he was better pleased with the result. For example, many of the changes television made possible were then adopted back into the stage version.
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