Suzanne Beckett

Bair glamourised Suzanne, Mrs Beckett, whereas Knowlson kept her in the shade, as much as she deserves a biography of her own like the one Nora Joyce finally got. Suzanne championed Beckett's early work. She went from one stage-director to another carrying in her handbag the Godot manuscript to be staged. She went all the way to Germany to see a Beckett play production then report to SB about it. Asking Ruby Cohn if she met Suzanne, she informed me that she never met her because Suzanne avoided English-speaking visitors of Sam's and she received French-speaking ones, and for that purpose, the house had two entrances, one for the former and the other for the latter