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

MS-HRC-DA-145-1

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Segment 1

ESTRAGON

[2352] Like leaves.

VLADIMIR

[2353] Like sand.

ESTRAGON

[2354] Like leaves.

[2355] (Silence)

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[2356] They all speak together.

ESTRAGON

[2357] Each one to itself.

[2358] (Silence.

VLADIMIR

[2359] Rather they whisper.

ESTRAGON

[2360] They rustle.

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR

[2361] They murmur.

ESTRAGON

[2362] They rustle.

[2363] (Silence)

VLADIMIR

[2364] What do they say?

ESTRAGON

[2365] They talk about their lives.

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Segment 4

VLADIMIR

[2366] To have lived is not enough for them.

ESTRAGON

[2367] They have to talk about it.

VLADIMIR

[2368] To be dead is not enough for them.

ESTRAGON

[2369] It is not sufficient.

[2370] (Silence)

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR

[2371] They make a noise like feathers.

ESTRAGON

[2372] Like leaves.

VLADIMIR

[2373] Like ashes.

ESTRAGON

[2374] Like leaves.

[2375] (Long silence)

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Segment 6

VLADIMIR

[2376] Say something!

ESTRAGON

[2377] I'm trying.

[2378] (Long silence)

VLADIMIR

[2379] (In anguish) [2380] Say anything at all!

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