Digital Manuscript ProjectFootfalls / Pas
Catalogue
Due to an agreement with the Estate of Samuel Beckett and the publishers of Beckett's work, the digital edition of Footfalls / Pas only contains draft versions leading up to the publication of the text (the so-called 'avant-texte'), including page proofs. It therefore excludes epigenetic material such as later annotated editions.
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MS-UoR-1552-1 (EM)Original holograph manuscript of Footfalls, entitled Footfalls/ It all?. 30 x 21 cm. 7 leaves; dated Berlin, 2 March 1975 f. 1, Paris, 25 October 1975 f. 4; Paris 1 October 1975 f. 6. Pagination by Beckett is complicated in that he inserts a leaf between his '1' and '2', heading it '1 A', such that ff. 3-6 are numbered by him 2-5 respectively. Dates show that the text was written in a different sequence from that suggested by the pagination. There is a complete deletion of 'V's' monologue on f. 3 and the replacement version is dated 25 October 1975. The third and final section, dubbed 'Sequel' in the published text, seems to have been written before the second section was revised, as it is dated 1 October 1975. Beckett heads this section 'Epilogue', revised to 'Appendix'. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 38. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as EM. |
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MS-UoR-1552-2 (ET1)Untitled typescript, with manuscript additions and corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls; undated. 5 leaves; ff. 1, 2, 4, 5 are 30 x 21 cm; f. 3 is 21 x 20 cm. Lettered top f. 1 'TS 1' by Beckett. Numbered after f. 1 in type. This item is corrected by Beckett in two black inks and in type. These revisions are concentrated on f. 3 and f. 4, these being the majority of the monologue by V and the 'appendix'. Additions to the stage directions concern themselves with the length and audibility of M's pacing. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 39. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as ET1. |
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MS-UoR-1552-3 (ET2)Untitled typescript, with manuscript additions and corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls; undated. 30 x 21 cm. 5 leaves, f. 1 lettered 'TS 2' in pencil by Beckett. Leaves numbered after '1' in type. [...] The item is moderately corrected in black ink: felt-tip for textual deletion, nib and ink for additions. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 40. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as ET2. |
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MS-UoR-1552-4 (ET3)Untitled typescript, with manuscript corrections and additions by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls; undated. 30 x 21 cm. 5 leaves; f. 1 lettered 'TS 2 A' in pencil by Beckett. Extensively revised in pencil, black ink and black felt-tip. The name 'Mary' has the 'r' crossed out in the opening stage direction and subsequently through the text, apart from the few occasions where this seems to have been overlooked. At top left of f. 1 is the name Amy, which later appears in the Mrs W[inter] section as replacement for Emily and which survives into the published text. Several corrections to stage directions in this draft. Deletions are made in black felt-tip. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 40. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as ET3. |
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MS-HRC-SB-3-7 (RC playscript.A)Footfalls. Processed acting version. London: Royal Court Theatre [1976]. Folio, loose in sheets within black paper covers. Lake, Carlton (1984), No Symbols Where None Intended: A Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts and Other Material Relating to Samuel Beckett in the Collections of the Humanities Research Center (Austin: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin), p. 157, item 381. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as RC playscript.A. |
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MS-UoR-1552-5 (ET4)Typescript, with manuscript corrections and additions by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls; undated. 30 x 21 cm. 5 leaves; f. 1 lettered 'TS 3' by Beckett. Titled in type at top of f. 1 'FOOTFALLS' [...]. Corrected in black ink and black felt-tip, with manuscript material found in the margins and in the text. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 41. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as ET4. |
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MS-UoR-1552-7 (PPF)Page-proofs, with manuscript corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls (London, Faber and Faber, 1976). 21 x 14 cm. [16] leaves. Two stages of revision, black and red ink. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 42. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as PPF. |
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MS-BC-1991001-12-11 (RC playscript.B)Playscript of Footfalls, with handwritten additions in black and red ink; undated. Six leaves. Inscribed 'for / Calvin & / Joann / Sam. Beckett' (01r). On the front of the envelope stored with the document is written '6|78 PARIS'. Samuel Beckett Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College (http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3248). Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as RC playscript.B. |
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MS-UoR-1552-6 (RC playscript.C)Typescript, with manuscript additions and corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Footfalls; undated. 30 x 21 cm. 6 leaves; f. 1 lettered 'TS 4' in pencil by Beckett. Contains full title and stage directions, along with the diagram showing May's footsteps. Infrequently corrected in black ink. Bryden, Mary, Julian Garforth, and Peter Mills (1998), Beckett at Reading: Catalogue of the Beckett Manuscript Collection at the University of Reading (Reading: Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation), p. 41. Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as RC playscript.C. |
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MS-BC-1991001-12-24-1 (FT1)Typescript, with manuscript additions and corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Pas; undated. Five leaves, featuring emendations in four handwritten inks (red, green, black and brown), black type as well as pencil. The typescript is numbered 'I' in black ink and inscribed 'for / Calvin & Joann / Sam. Beckett' (01r). Samuel Beckett Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College (http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3248). Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as FT1. |
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MS-BC-1991001-12-24-2 (FT2)Typescript, with manuscript additions and corrections by Samuel Beckett, of Pas; undated. Five leaves, with edits in black ink, brown ink, type and pencil. The typescript is numbered 'II' and features the inscription: 'for / Calvin & Joann / Sam. Beckett' (01r). Samuel Beckett Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College (http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3248). Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as FT2. |
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MS-BC-1991001-18-11 (NRFSC)Photocopied typescript of Pas; undated. It comprises six leaves, including a title page. Red ink and pencil additions were made after the typescript was photocopied, at which point it seems to have been used as a setting copy for the Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF) text of Pas. The typescript is numbered 'III' in pencil on the title page (01r). The red ink and pencil additions were made by a hand other than Beckett's. At the end of the typescript, Beckett signed his name in black ink (06r). Samuel Beckett Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College (http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3248). Abbreviated in the Manuscript Chronology as NRFSC. |
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