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AFTER WATCHING the feud over the American Repertory Theatre's unorthodox production of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" almost turn into the First Amendment Superbowl of 1984, those actually making the trip to the Loeb Mainstage will more likely be bored than shocked...
...furor, if you remember, centered on the playwright's objection--based on third-hand reports--to the ART's change of locale from a bare room to a subway tunnel, the use of incidental music by Philip Glass, the large puddle at stage center, and what Beckett's agent called the purposeful casting of Black actors in two of the play's four roles...
...theatrical community was all prepared to take the stand to defend the rights of directors and producers to freely interpret a playwright's work. But fans of massive. First Amendment bloodfests were disappointed when Beckett's agents settled out-of-court for little more than a statement in the "Endgame" program...
...Beckett, now living in semi-obscurity in Paris, sent in a short pronouncement for the program through his agent: "The American Repertory Theatre production which dismisses my directions is a complete parody of the play as conceived by me. Amybody who cares for the work couldn't fail to be disgusted by this...
Akalaitis said she met Beckett at a theatrical festival in Berlin where he noted that she had taken some liberties with one of his plays...