Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectEn attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

MS-BL-LCP-1954-23

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Segment 1

[3654] (ESTRAGON, having struggled with his boots
in vain, is dozing off again. [3655] VLADIMIR
looks at him)

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR
(Contd.)
[3656] He'll know nothing. [3657] He'll tell me about the blows
he received and I'll give him a carrot. (pause)
[3659] Astride of a grave and a dificult birth. [3660] Down
in the hole, lingeringly, the grave-digger puts
on the forceps.

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Segment 3

[3661] We have time to grow old. [3662] The
air of full of our cries. [3663] (he listens) [3664] But habit
is a great deadener. [3665] (he looks again at Estragon)
[3666] At me too someone is looking, of me too someone
is saying, He is asleep, he knows nothing, let him
sleep on. [3667] (pause) [3668] I can't go on! [3669] (pause) [3670] What
have I said?

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Segment 4

[3671] (He goes feverishly to and fro, halts finally
at extreme left, broods. [3672] Enter BOY right.
[3673] He halts. [3674] Silence)

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Segment 5

BOY

[3675] Please Mister...

[3676] (VLADIMIR turns)

[3677] Mr. Albert?...

VLADIMIR

[3678] Off we go again. [3679] (pause) [3681] Do you not recognize me?

BOY

[3682] No Sir.

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Segment 6

VLADIMIR

[3683] It wasn't you came yesterday.

BOY

[3684] No Sir.

VLADIMIR

[3685] This is your first time.

BOY

[3686] Yes Sir.

[3687] (Silence)

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Segment 7

VLADIMIR

[3688] You have a message from Mr. Godot.

BOY

[3689] Yes Sir.

VLADIMIR

[3690] He won't come this evening.

BOY

[3691] No Sir.

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Segment 8

VLADIMIR

[3692] But he'll come to-morrow.

BOY

[3693] Yes Sir.

VLADIMIR

[3694] Without fail.

BOY

[3695] Yes Sir.

Transcription
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    • Segment 2
    • Segment 3
    • Segment 4
    • Segment 5
    • Segment 6
    • Segment 7
    • Segment 8

En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot © 2017 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
Editors: Dirk Van Hulle, Pim Verhulst and Vincent Neyt