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

MS-HRC-SB-6-4-2

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Segment 1

VLADIMIR

[3706|001] (Softly) [3707] Has he a beard,
Mr Godot?

BOY

[3708] Yes Sir.

VLADIMIR

[3709] Fair or... (he hesitates)...
or black?

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Segment 2

BOY

[3711] I think it's white, Sir.

[3712] Silence.

VLADIMIR

[3713] Christ have mercy on us!

[3714] Silence.

BOY

[3715] What am I to tell Mr Godot,
Sir.

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR
[3716] Tell him... (he hesitates)...
tell him you saw me and
that... (he hesitates)... that
you saw me.
[3717] (Pause [3718] Vladimir
advances, the Boy recoils.
Vladimir halts, the Boy halts.

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Segment 4

[3718|001] With sudden violence.) [3719] You're
sure you saw me, you won't
come and tell me to-morrow
that you never saw me!

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Segment 5

[3720] Silence. [3721] Vladimir makes a
sudden spring forward, the
Boy avoids him and exit running.

[3722] Silence. [3723] The sun sets, the moon
rises.
[3723|001] As in Act I. [3724] Vladimir

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