{"product_id":"becketts-co-authors-s-e-gontarski-9781399529334","title":"Beckett's Co-Authors: Rewriting Waiting for Godot","description":"\u003ci\u003eBeckett's Co-authors \u003c\/i\u003etakes a fresh look at Samuel Beckett and the business of authorship, especially his involvement in the complicated machinery of commercial theatre. Focusing particularly on Beckett's first professionally produced play, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e, and its premieres in the US, UK and the Republic of Ireland, this book examines extra-authorial interventions into the creative process and how such interventions challenges the autonomy of the author and his artwork. Calling the result of these early collaborations 'co-authorship', S. E. Gontarski delves into the hybrid genre of theatre where collective aesthetics tends to override and thus supersede individual creation, using the methodology of archival archaeology to uncover previously unpublished letters and unknown archival documents relating to three national premieres. These case studies nevertheless have implications far beyond a single theatrical work, placing a spotlight on the nature of authorship and the process of realising dramatic texts in a monetised culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. E. Gontarski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399529331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399529334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"S. E. Gontarski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47039869288703,"sku":"9781399529334","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90b11380-024a-4e8e-89ce-84703cb87cab.jpg?v=1752752819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becketts-co-authors-s-e-gontarski-9781399529334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}