Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectEn attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

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Segment 1

ESTRAGON

[0169] No.

VLADIMIR

[0170] Shall I tell it to you?

ESTRAGON

[0171] No.

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[0172] It'll pass the time. [0173] (Pause.)
 [0174] Two thieves, crucified at
the same time as our
Saviour. [0175] One -

ESTRAGON

[0176] Our what?

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR

[0177] Our Saviour. [0178] Two thieves.
[0179] One is supposed to have
been saved and the other
... (he searches for the con-
trary of saved)... damned.

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Segment 4

ESTRAGON

[0180] Saved from what?

VLADIMIR

[0181] Hell.

ESTRAGON

[0182] I'm going.

[0183] He does not move.

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR
[0184] And yet... [0185] (pause)...
 [0186] how is it - [0187] this is not boring
you I hope - [0189] how is it that of
the four Evangelists only
one speaks of a thief being
saved?

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Segment 6

[0190] The four of them
were there - or thereabouts -
[0191] and only one speaks of a thief
being saved. [0192] (Pause.) [0193] Come
on, [Didi], return the ball,
can't you, once in a way?

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Segment 7

ESTRAGON

[0193|001] (with exaggerated enthusiasm)
 [0194] I find this really most
extraordinarily interesting.

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