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Samuel Beckett · 1957
A collection of two dramatic works by Samuel Beckett: Endgame, a one-act play exploring themes of human suffering and existential despair in a barren interior, and Act Without Words I, a mime piece. Both works exemplify Beckett's minimalist, absurdist theatrical style.
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What this book knows
Nothing ends and nothing continues: Beckett strips existence down to dependency, habit, and the stubborn refusal of finality.
mortality
Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
EAWW-RC-004Old stancher! You . . . remain. He covers his face with handkerchief, lowers his arms to armrests, remains motionless.
EAWW-RC-032obedience-and-authority
When there were still bicycles I wept to have one. I crawled at your feet. You told me to go to hell.
EAWW-RC-006Let's stop playing! Never! Put me in my coffin. There are no more coffins. Then let it end!
EAWW-RC-029self-and-identity
Immediately flung back on stage he falls, gets up, brushes himself, turns aside, reflects. He looks at his hands.
EAWW-RC-034Did you ever have an instant of happiness? Not to my knowledge. I want to feel the light on my face.
EAWW-RC-024Illuminates
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