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A groundbreaking collection of experimental plays by Erik Belgum —
a master of innovative fiction.

ADVANCE PRAISE:

“These wonderfully entertaining plays by Erik Belgum are a suite of performance scores and prompts that expertly transform what might otherwise offend into a perplexing soup. Infused with absurdity, the ridiculous and sometimes abhorrent is whipped with humor until frothed anew.” — Galen Joseph-Hunter, Wave Farm (WGXC) Executive Director Emeritus

“What I admire most in Belgum is the rigor of his instability. These works are not random, though they may flirt with accident, disruption, and pummel us to overload—they are exquisitely built, restrained to the razor-like logic of a roller coaster.”
— Jay Scheib, Director / Professor for Music & Theater Arts at MIT

WE’RE MOVING ON NOW TO THE NEXT PHASE
Plays by Erik Belgum
Trade paperback; 140 pp., $12.95
ISBN 979-8-9932444-2-6

Samuel Beckett’s classic absurdist play Waiting for Godot was first presented in Paris on January 5, 1953.

Flashback: Paris, 102 years earlier, where Honoré de Balzac ‘s comedy Mercadet had its inaugural performance at the Theatre du Gymnase-Dramatique on August 24, 1851.

Mercadet features a character named “Godeau” who never appears.

Hmm.

Beckett claimed he never read Balzac’s play.

We think not. Thus, next month, Black Scat Books is publishing Balzac’s three-act comedy—translated from the French by Mark Axelrod. This unique limited edition includes an unpublished letter from Samuel Beckett to the translator.

On October 15, 2013, you be the judge.

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