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

MS-HRC-DA-145-1

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Segment 1

BOY

[2010] I don't know, Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2011] Does he give you enough to eat?

[2012] (The Boy hesitates)

[2013] Does he feed you well?

BOY

[2014] Fairly well, Sir.

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[2015] You're not unhappy?
[2016] (The Boy hesitates)
[2017] Do you hear me?

BOY

[2018] Yes Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2019] Well?

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Segment 3

BOY

[2020] I don't know, Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2021] You don't know if you're unhappy or not?

BOY

[2022] No Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2023] You're like myself. [2024] (pause) [2025] Where do you sleep?

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Segment 4

BOY

[2026] In the loft, Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2027] With your brother?

BOY

[2028] Yes Sir.

VLADIMIR

[2029] In the hay?

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Segment 5

BOY

[2030] Yes Sir.

[2031] (Silence)

VLADIMIR

[2032] All right, you can MAY go.

BOY

[2033] What am I to say to Mr. Godot, Sir?

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Segment 6

VLADIMIR

[2034] Tell him... [2035] (he hesitates) [2036] ...tell him you saw us.
[2037] (pause) [2038] You did see us, didn't you?

BOY

[2039] Yes Sir. [2040] (he steps back, hesitates, turns and
exits running)

[2041] (The light suddenly fails. [2042] In a moment it
is night.
[2043] The moon rises at back, mounts
in the sky, stands still, shedding a pale
light on the scene)

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