Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Fin de partie / Endgame

MS-OSU-RARE-29-6

X
Segment 1

Hamm

[1081] My house a home for you.

Clov

[1082] Yes. [1083] (He looks about him.) [1084] This was that for me.

Hamm

[1085] (proudly). [1086] But for me(gesture towards himself), no father.
[1087] But for Hamm (gesture towards surroundings), no home.

[1088] Pause.

Clov

[1089] I'll leave you.

X
Segment 2

Hamm

[1090] Did you ever think of one thing?

Clov

[1091] Never.

Hamm

[1092] That here we're down in a hole. [1093] (Pause.) [1094] But beyond the hills? [1095] Eh? [1096] Perhaps it's still green. [1097] Eh? [1098] (Pause.) [1099] Flora!
[1100] Pomona! [1102] (Ecstatically.) [1103] Ceres! [1104] (Pause.) [1105] Perhaps you won't
need to go very far.

X
Segment 3

Clov

[1106] I can't go very far. [1107] (Pause.) [1108] I'll leave you.

Hamm

[1109] Is my dog ready?

Clov

[1110] He lacks a leg.

Hamm

[1111] Is he silky?

Clov

[1112] He's a kind of Pomeranian.

X
Segment 4

Hamm

[1113] Go and get him.

Clov

[1114] He lacks a leg.

Hamm

[1115] Go and get him! [1116] (Exit Clov.) [1117] We're getting on.

[1119] Enter Clov, holding by one of its three legs a black
toy dog.

X
Segment 5

Clov

[1120] Your dogs are here.

[1121] He gives the dog to Hamm who feels it, fondles it.

Hamm

[1122] He's white, isn't he?

Clov

[1123] Nearly.

Hamm

[1124] What do you mean, nearly? [1125] Is he white or isn't he?

X
Segment 6

Clov

[1126] He isn't.

[1127] Pause.

Hamm

[1128] You've forgotten the sex.

Clov

[1129] (vexed). [1130] But he isn't finished. [1131] The sex goes on at the end.

[1132] Pause.

X
Segment 7

Hamm

[1133] You haven't put on his ribbon.

Clov

[1134] (angrily). [1135] But he isn't finished, I tell you! [1136] First you
finish your dog, and then you put on his ribbon.

[1137] Pause.

Transcription
  • Segments