Celebrating Beckett, Against His Will
"But the audience became hushed and sat very still as Ms. Seldes read "Rockaby," Beckett's play about a woman rocking herself to death.
"Close of a long day," Ms. Seldes read, sitting onstage in a rocker, her face almost gaunt, and wrapped in a mauve shawl, "went down/ down the steep stair/ let down the blind and down/ right down."
Finally, "stop her eyes/ rock her off/ rock her off," she read. And then her head dropped. "
[nytimes:books]
"Close of a long day," Ms. Seldes read, sitting onstage in a rocker, her face almost gaunt, and wrapped in a mauve shawl, "went down/ down the steep stair/ let down the blind and down/ right down."
Finally, "stop her eyes/ rock her off/ rock her off," she read. And then her head dropped. "
[nytimes:books]
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