Arcola, London: One of Samuel Beckett's earlier novellas, First Love was originally written in 1946 but remained unpublished until 1973. A distinctive example of the author's black humour, the narrator tells the meandering story of being dismissed from the family home by his father to end up sleeping rough on a park bench. It is here that he meets the prostitute Lulu, whom he renames Anna and who infatuates…
SOURCE: The Stage at 05:47AM on November 24, 2014