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This is a 1973 recording of Billie Whitehall’s rendition of “Not I,” the Samuel Beckett play written the year before. Billie Whitehall describes her close collaboration with Beckett in developing and staging what she interprets as the “inner scream,” a disembodied woman’s mouth speaking a fragmented monologue. She gives a wonderful description of the claustrophobic conditions in which they staged the play and the discomfort it created in the audience. Below is the URL. Since I had to upload a file, I’ve uploaded a photo with a funny Beckett quote.