Samuel Beckett
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Segment 1

[1823] face. [1824] (Clov pushes the chair.) [1825] Do
you remember, in the beginning, when
you took me for a turn, how clumsy you
were? [1826] You held the chair You pushed with
your hands too high. [1827] At every step you
nearly tilted me up. out. [1828] (With senile
quaver.)

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Segment 2

[1829] Ah great fun x we had, the
two of us, great fun! [1830] (Gloomily.)
[1831] And then it became a habit. [ADDITION]Addition on page 57vAh great sport we had, the pair
of us, great sport! (...) And
then we were got to it. [1832] (Clov stops
the chair under the window right.)
[1832] Clov stops the chair under the window right.
[1833] Already? [1834] (Pause. [1835] He throws back his
head. [1836] Pause.) [1837] Is it light?

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Segment 3

Clov

[1838] It isn't night.

Hamm

[1839] (with angrily) [1840] I ask [⁁]I'm asking you is it light?

Clov

[1841] Yes.

[1842] Pause

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Segment 4

Hamm

[1843] The curtain isn't closed?

Clov

[1844] No.

[1845] Pause

Hamm

[1846] What window is it?

Clov

[1847] The land.

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Segment 5

Hamm

[1848] I knew it! [1849] (Angrily.) [1850] But there's no
light there! [1852] (Clov pushes the chair towards
the other window.) [1853] The land! [1854] (Clov
stops the chair under the other window.
[1855] Hamm throws back his head.) [1856] That's
what I call light! [1857] (Pause.) [1858] Feels like
a ray of sunshine. [1859] (Pause.) [1860] No.

Clov

[1861] No.

Transcription
  • Segments
    • Segment 1
    • Segment 2
    • Segment 3
    • Segment 4
    • Segment 5

Fin de partie / Endgame © 2018 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
Editors: Dirk Van Hulle, Shane Weller and Vincent Neyt