Thomas Beckett had many disputes with Diretors as how the trousers of his character
Estragon in Waiting for Godot should fall down
Beckett wrote, '...there is one thing that bothers me: Estragon’s trousers. Naturally I asked Suzanne (his partner) if they fall down properly. She tells me that he holds on to them halfway down.
Bekett is incandescent, 'This he must not do – it’s utterly inappropriate.
Estragon in Waiting for Godot should fall down
Beckett wrote, '...there is one thing that bothers me: Estragon’s trousers. Naturally I asked Suzanne (his partner) if they fall down properly. She tells me that he holds on to them halfway down.
Bekett is incandescent, 'This he must not do – it’s utterly inappropriate.
tBeckett offers some half-hearted explanation for his rage
Estragon, he says, would hardly be worrying about holding his trousers when preparing to hang himself; and the ‘spirit of the play’ demands that tragedy be seen as grotesque.
Beckett endeavour to explain ' I have lots of other reasons for wanting this business, the falling of trousers not to be underplayed, but I’ll spare you them. But please … let the trousers fall right down, round the ankles. It must seem silly to you, but to me it’s vital.It is nature’s inarticulateness.'
Do you get it, no? neither do I, but that is the point with Beckett, you are not meant to get it, to get Beckett you would have to transubstantiate water into wine.
But that does not stop one enjoying his musings.
Estragon, he says, would hardly be worrying about holding his trousers when preparing to hang himself; and the ‘spirit of the play’ demands that tragedy be seen as grotesque.
Beckett endeavour to explain ' I have lots of other reasons for wanting this business, the falling of trousers not to be underplayed, but I’ll spare you them. But please … let the trousers fall right down, round the ankles. It must seem silly to you, but to me it’s vital.It is nature’s inarticulateness.'
Do you get it, no? neither do I, but that is the point with Beckett, you are not meant to get it, to get Beckett you would have to transubstantiate water into wine.
But that does not stop one enjoying his musings.
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