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Play is a one-act play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963 and first produced in German as Spiel on 14 June 1963 at the Ulmer Theatre in Ulm-Donau , Germany, directed by Deryk Mendel , with Nancy Illig (W1), Sigfrid Pfeiffer (W2) and Gerhard Winter (M).
Endgame is an absurdist, tragicomic one-act play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.It is about a blind, paralyzed, domineering elderly man, his geriatric parents, and his servile companion in an abandoned house in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, who await an unspecified "end".
Happy Days is a play in two acts, written by Samuel Beckett first performed in 1961. [1] [2] Viewed positively by critics, it was named in The Independent as one of the 40 best plays of all time. [3] Winnie, buried to her waist, follows her daily routine and prattles to her husband, Willie, who is largely hidden and taciturn.
Come and Go is a short play (described as a "dramaticule" on its title page) by Samuel Beckett.It was written in English in January 1965 and first performed (in German) at the Schillertheater, Berlin on 14 January 1966.
Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ ˈ b ɛ k ɪ t / ⓘ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish-born writer of novels, plays, short stories and poems. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense .
Waiting for Godot (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d oʊ / ⓘ GOD-oh or / ɡ ə ˈ d oʊ / ⓘ gə-DOH [1]) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. [2]
Footfalls is a play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English, between 2 March and December 1975 and was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre as part of the Samuel Beckett Festival, on May 20, 1976 directed by Beckett himself. Billie Whitelaw, for whom the piece had been written, played May whilst Rose Hill voiced the mother.
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