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Samuel Beckett's play Endgame is one of the playwright's most influential works. The play centers around the elderly and blind Hamm, who cannot stand up, and his servant Clov, who cannot sit down. Despite their conflicts they are dependent on each other. Hamm wonders whether anyone else's suffering is as bad as his own.
Hamm treats his servant Clov poorly and when Clov does not immediately get him his sheet Hamm threatens to withhold Clov's food from him. Hamm asks Clov why he has not left him and Clov says he has been trying to do so.
Hamm and Clov also live with Hamm's legless parents Nagg and Nell, who live inside rubbish barrels. Nagg repeatedly tells Nell the same story about a slow tailor. Their routine continues with Hamm insisting that Nagg hear his story which is interrupted by Clov saying that there was a rat in the kitchen, but he only killed half of it. Discussion of the rat is postponed when Nell appears to have died, but Nagg's sadness is short-lived. Hamm asks Clov for his painkiller and Clov gives him enough to kill him before finally leaving.
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Fast Facts
- Written by Samuel Beckett
- First performed on April 3, 1957
- Genre is [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Absurd Theatre of the Absurd]
- A one act play
- First performed in [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], England
- Originally written in [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]
- Modern day setting
- Major symbol is chess
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Endgame Quotes
- "Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
- How easy it is. They said to me, That's friendship, yes, yes, no question, you've found it. They said to me, Here's the place, stop, raise your head and look at all that beauty. That order! They said to me, Come now, you're not a brute beast, think upon these things and you'll see how all becomes clear.
- One must live with the times. Whom did you call when you were a tiny boy, and were frightened, in the dark? Your mother? No. Me. We let you cry. Then we moved you out of earshot, so that we might sleep in peace.
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Samuel Beckett's play Endgame is one of the playwright's most influential works. The play centers around the elderly and blind Hamm, who cannot stand up, and his servant Clov, who cannot sit down. Despite their conflicts they are dependent on each other. Hamm wonders whether anyone else's suffering is as bad as his own.
Hamm treats his servant Clov poorly and when Clov does not immediately get him his sheet Hamm threatens to withhold Clov's food from him. Hamm asks Clov why he has not left him and Clov says he has been trying to do so.
Hamm and Clov also live with Hamm's legless parents Nagg and Nell, who live inside rubbish barrels. Nagg repeatedly tells Nell the same story about a slow tailor. Their routine continues with Hamm insisting that Nagg hear his story which is interrupted by Clov saying that there was a rat in the kitchen, but he only killed half of it. Discussion of the rat is postponed when Nell appears to have died, but Nagg's sadness is short-lived. Hamm asks Clov for his painkiller and Clov gives him enough to kill him before finally leaving.
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Birmingham Mail: No 'endgame' to Afghan war, says armed forces minister http://bit.ly/D1mKW
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Fast Facts
- Written by Samuel Beckett
- First performed on April 3, 1957
- Genre is Theatre of the Absurd
- A one act play
- First performed in London, England
- Originally written in French
- Modern day setting
- Major symbol is chess
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Endgame Quotes
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- "Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
- How easy it is. They said to me, That's friendship, yes, yes, no question, you've found it. They said to me, Here's the place, stop, raise your head and look at all that beauty. That order! They said to me, Come now, you're not a brute beast, think upon these things and you'll see how all becomes clear.
- One must live with the times. Whom did you call when you were a tiny boy, and were frightened, in the dark? Your mother? No. Me. We let you cry. Then we moved you out of earshot, so that we might sleep in peace.
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- Mahalo's Guide to Samuel Beckett
- Wikipedia: Samuel Beckett
- Imagi-nation: Samuel Beckett Biography
- Books and Writers: Samuel Beckett Biography
- The Modern Word: Samuel Beckett Biography
- Fan Site: Samuel Beckett Resource and Links
- Universiteit Antwerpen: Samuel Beckett Endpage
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