Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

MS-HRC-DA-145-1

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Segment 1

POZZO

[1804] Not at all.

ESTRAGON

[1805] Yes Yes.

POZZO

[1806] No no.

VLADIMIR

[1807] Yes yes.

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Segment 2

ESTRAGON

[1808] No no.

[1809] (Silence)

POZZO

[1810] I don't seem to be able... (he hesitates) ...to
depart.

ESTRAGON

[1811] That's life.

[1812] (POZZO turns, moves away from Lucky towards
the wings, paying out the rope as he goes)

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR

[1813] You're going the wrong way.

POZZO

[1814] I need a running start.

[1815] (Having come to the end of the rope, i.e.
off stage, he stops, turns and cries)

[1816] Stand back!

[1817] (VLADIMIR and ESTRAGON stand back, look
towards Pozzo.
[1818] Crack of whip)

[1819] Forward! [1819|001] March! [1819|002] On! [1819|003] On!

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Segment 4

ESTRAGON

[1821] Forward! [1821|001] On! [1821|002] On!

VLADIMIR

[1822] March! [1822|001] On! [1822|002] On!

[1823] (Crack of whip. [1824] LUCKY moves off)

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Segment 5

POZZO

[1825] Faster!

[1826] (He appears, crosses the stage preceded by
LUCKY.
[1827] VLADIMIR and ESTRAGON take off
their hats, wave their hands.
[1828] Exit LUCKY.
[1829] POZZO cracks rope and whip)

[1830] Faster! [1831] Faster! [1831|001] On! [1831|002] On!

[1832] (On the point of disappearing in his turn
he stops and turns.
[1833] The rope tautens.
[1834] Noise of Lucky falling off)

[1835] Stool!

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