SAMUEL BECKETT (1906-89)
A signed post-card, dated Paris 3.2.82, to [Alexander] Haydon explaining, 'It is not stated why Clov cannot sit. It cannot be because he cannot bend his knees. He could sit with outstretched legs. In squatting there is no seat. Contact with a seat would therefore seem to be the problem,' and giving two examples of other characters who could not sit.