Publication Info and Observations of Beckett's "Play"

Samuel Beckett's Play was written in English in late 1962-63. First Published in German, as Spiel, in Theatre Heute (July 1963). First published in English by Faber abd Faber, London, in 1964. First performance was of Spiel, translated by Erika and Elmar Tophoven, at the Ulmer Theatre, Ulm-Donau, on 14 June 1963. First performed in Britian by the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic Theatre, London, on 7 April 1964.

Something to note about Play would be the scoring of his text. For example the characters speak alone, in unison, and at times simulatiously. Another thing is that there is very minimal puncuation through out the dialog and the use of hyphens shows how fast-pasted this play is. Finally, something else that makes this play unique is that the entire play is repeated!

Sources:

http://www.drama21c.net/text/play.htm