Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectEn attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

MS-HRC-DA-145-1

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Segment 1

POZZO
(Contd.)

[3548] Rope!

[3549] (LUCKY puts everything down, puts end of
the rope into Pozzo's hand, takes up
everything again) On his xxx

VLADIMIR

[3550] What is there in the bag?

POZZO

[3551] Sand. [3552] (he jerks the rope) [3553] March!

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[3574] Don't go yet!

POZZO

[3575] I'm going.

VLADIMIR

[3576] What do you do when you fall far from help?

POZZO

[3577] We wait till we can get up. [3578] Then we go on. [3578|001] March On!!

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR

[3579] Before you go, tell him to sing! X to R

POZZO

[3580] Who?

VLADIMIR

[3581] Lucky.

POZZO

[3582] To sing?

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Segment 4

VLADIMIR

[3583] Yes. [3584] Or to think. [3585] Or to recite.

POZZO

[3586] But he's dumb.

VLADIMIR

[3587] Dumb!

POZZO

[3588] Dumb. [3589] He can't even groan.

VLADIMIR

[3590] Dumb! [3591] Since when?

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Segment 5

POZZO
[3592] (Suddenly furious) [3593] Have you not done tormenting
me with your accursed time? [3594] It's insensate abominable! [3595] When! [3596] When!

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Segment 6

[3597] One day, is that not enough for you, one day like
any other day, one day he went dumb, one day I
went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we
were born, one day we'll die, the same day, the
same second, is that not enough for you? [3598] (calmer)
[3599] They give birth astride of a grave, the light
gleams an instant, then it's night again once more. [3600] (he jerks
the rope) [3601] March! On!

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Segment 7

[3602] (Exeunt LUCKY and POZZO. [3603] VLADIMIR follows
them to the edge of the stage, looks after
them. [3604] The noise of a fall, reinforced by
mimic of Vladimir, announces that they are
down again. [3605] Silence. [3606] VLADIMIR goes towards
ESTRAGON who is asleep, contemplates him a
moment, then shakes him awake) X by him
to tree

Transcription
  • Segments
    • Segment 1
    • Segment 2
    • Segment 3
    • Segment 4
    • Segment 5
    • Segment 6
    • Segment 7

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