Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Not I / Pas moi

MS-TCD-4664

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Segment 1

laid so young so long ago the darkened room
the sleepless days and all night the skylight the
pink shade and little sleep that short sickness
when we come to that and then the dark where
she was laid this prayer giver of light and
taker of it away this prayer again take it
away.

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Segment 2

(Pause. Weeps. Five seconds.) Out
there by the Slow & Easy third class coast line
to avoid the charge all her troubles in a
grip in the sack beautiful sun most of the
way just the tunnels through the Head
corner seats on the sea side gazing out of
the w
all blue and glitter beautiful

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Segment 3

sun all blue and glitter just the tunnels
through the Head and then the aunt putting
out
the old hand saying Don't be fretting pet
don't you be fretting you'll be happy with
me.
(Pause)

Abandoned

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Segment 4

Themes, lay down before sorting.

To each theme a certain pause length.

To each theme a different voice quality
(speed, xxxhigh or low, moved or cold etc.)

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Segment 5

1 theme only leads to tears
1 theme only leads to smile
1 theme only leads to laugh


[place = facing leaf] [ADDITION]Addition on page 10v [place = margin right] Ex. of I Near [place = supralinear] xxx x [place = supralinear] Coming up to the end [place = supralinear] alone quite still on her back her head
on the pillow under the light, the eyes -
(Pause.) Closed mostly, then suddenly open
wide and gaze up unblinking half a
minute forty seconds.
(Pause.) Undazzled.
(Pause.) Alone quite still face and body
body & face, only the eyes.
(Pause.)

The pillow for the head. (Pause.) Alone quite
still body & face, only the eyes.
(Pause.)
Closed mostly. (Pause.) Near [place = supralinear] Coming up to her end.
(Pause.) Oh time giver of light -
(Pause.) Oh time when we come to this
and then the dark where she was laid
so young so long ago this prayer giver
of light and taker of it away this
prayer again take it away.
(Pause,
4 seconds. Tears, 8 seconds. Pause, 4 seconds.
)

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Segment 6

Certain of above prayer to time for dark
as light is darkened.
This the tear
producer.
Three times, including
curtain (light on weeping face, prayer
unanswered)..

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Segment 7

Within given theme normal xxxxxxation
pauses.
Only before text engaged put
a full length pause.

Whole text spoken over soft rapid beat only
audible in major pauses & during
silent weeping.

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Segment 8

"I" "me" etc. never spoken outside
assumed voice.


Identification by final prayer to time
for
assumed voice -

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