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Acting "at the nerve ends": Beckett, Blau, and the Necessary

Phillip B. Zarrilli

Figure 2. Eh Joe performed live in a television studio. Joe (Peder Melhuse) performs a series of opening moves. In this production, the Voice (Karole Spangler) was barely visible above the set. Photo: Phillip B. Zarrilli.