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It Is
for Nothing
Molloy
Malone Dies
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tragicomedy
in 2 acts
by samuel beckett
grove press, inc.
new
york
Forty-Seventh
Printing
Estragon
Vladimir
Lucky
Pozzo
a
boy
....,
Evening.
ESTRAGON: Me too.
VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We11 have to celebrate
this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace
you.
ESTRAGON : In a ditch.
VLADIMIR : (admiringly). A ditch ! Where?
ESTRAGON : (without gesture). Over there.
VLADIMIR : And they didn't beat you?
ESTRAGON : Beat me? Certainly they beat me.
VLADIMIR : The same lot as usual?
ESTRAGO N : The same? I don't know.
(Decisively.)
doing?
what I have.
ESTRAGON : I t hurts?
VLADIMIR : (angrily). Hurts ! He wants to know i f it hurt s !
ESTRAGON: (pointing). You might button it all the same.
VL ADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VL ADIMIR :
. . (He meditates.)
all queer.
Nothing.
VL ADIMIR :
Show.
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
What?
VLADIM IR:
Suppose we repented.
EST RAGON:
Repented what?
VLADIMIR:
Oh . .
ESTRAGON:
Dreadful privation.
VLADIMIR:
Merely smile.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
The Bible . . .
look at it.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
VLADiMIR:
ESTRAGON:
I was.
Isn't that
obvious?
S ilence.
VLADIMIR:
\Vhere was I .
ESTRAGON:
Swelling visibly.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
No.
Shall I tell it to you?
ESTRAGON:
No.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
Our what?
Our Saviour.Two thieves.One is supposed to
have been saved and the other
VLADIMIR:
..
(he searches
. . . damned.
(Pause.)
ESTRAGON : Who?
VLADIMIR : What?
ESTRAGON : What's all this about? Abused who ?
VLADI MIR : The S aviour.
ESTRAGON : Why?
VLADI MIR : Because he wouldn't save them.
ESTRAGON : From hel l ?
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON: Well? They don't agree and that's all there is to it.
VLADIMIR : But all fou r were there. And only one speaks of a
thief being saved. Why believe him rather than
the others?
Pahl
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
\Ve can't.
ESTRAGON:
Why not?
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
What?
E STRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
What is it?
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR:
It must be dead.
ESTRAGON :
No more weeping.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
VL ADIMIR:
A shrub.
ESTRAGON :
A bush.
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
He should be here.
VLADIMIR:
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ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
Possibly.
ESTRAGON:
And so on.
VLADI MIR :
ESTRAGON:
Until he comes.
VLADIM I R :
You're merciless.
ESTRAGON:
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON: Yes.
VLADI MIR:
Why
. . . (Angrily. )
you're about.
ESTRAGON:
VLADI M I R :
(looking
ESTRAGON:
round) .
VLADIM I R :
Well?
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
(turning towards
VLADIMIR:
What?
ESTRAGON:
VLADIM I R :
ESTRAGON:
You think.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
(very insidious).
(Pause.)
Or
VLADIMIR :
(Pause.) Or Friday?
(looking wildly about him, as though the date
inscribed in the landscape). It's not possible!
ESTRAGON :
Or Thursday?
Monday?
VLADIMIR :
What'll we do?
EST RAGON:
was
ESTRAGON :
I may be m istaken.
(Pause.)
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR:
I felt l onely.
EST RAGON :
I had a dream.
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON:
I dreamt that
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
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VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
(coldly).
ESTRAGON:
(Pause.)
Wouldn't it, Didi, be really too ba d? (Pause.)
When you th ink of the beauty of the way . (Pause.)
And the goodness of the wayfarers. (Pa use
Wheedling.) Wouldn't it, Didi?
.
VLADIMIR :
Cal m yoursel f.
ESTRAGON:
(voluptuously).
say cawm.
(Pause.) You
Yes.
ESTRAGON:
Tel l i t to me.
VLADIMIR :
Ah stop it!
ESTRAGON:
dark one
or a
STOP IT!
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
Wait.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
From a bough?
We can always
try.
VLADIMIR:
Go ahead.
ESTRAGON:
After you.
VLADIMIR:
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ESTRAGON:
Why me?
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON:
Just so!
I don't understand.
Usc your intelligence, can't you?
can't
you?
VLADIM I R :
ESTRAGON :
(tcith
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR:
ESTR AGON :
Who?
VLADI M I R :
Godot.
chance. Or nearly .
EST RAGON :
Good idea.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMI R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON:
A kind of prayer.
VLADIMI R :
Precisely.
ESTRAGON:
A vague supplication.
VLADIM I R :
Exactly.
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMI R :
ESTRAGON :
His friends.
VLADIMIR:
His agents.
ESTRAGON :
His correspondents.
VLADIMIR :
His books.
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR:
Is it not?
ESTRAGON :
I think it is.
VLADIMI R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
I th ink SO too.
Silence.
(anxious).
And we?
VLADIMIR :
I don't understand.
ESTRAGON :
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VLADIMIR:
Come in?
ESTR AGON:
Ta ke your time.
VLADIMI R :
ESTR AGON:
As bad as that?
VLADIMI R :
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTR AGON:
VLADIMIR:
Listen!
I hear nothing.
VLADIMIR:
You g a ve me a fright.
VLADIMIR:
I thought it was h e .
ESTRAGON:
Who?
VLADIM IR:
Codot.
EST RAGON:
VLADIM I R :
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
At his horse.
Silence.
ESTR AGON: (violently). I'm hungry!
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
It's a turnip!
VLADIMIR:
(Pause. )
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
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Well?
ESTRAGON:
VLADI M IR:
EST RAGON:
VLADIM IR:
EST RAGON :
VLADIMIR :
EST RAGON :
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
In other words?
VLADIMIR:
Question of temperament.
ESTRAGON:
Of character.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
No use struggling.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
No use wriggling.
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
Pozzo:
VLADIMIR:
Let me go !
EST RAGON:
Pozzo:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
Who?
ESTRAGON:
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VLADIMIR:
Godot?
ESTRAGON:
Yes.
pozzo:
VLADIMIR:
(to Estragon).
ESTRAGON:
He said Godot.
VLADIMIR:
Not at alii
ESTRAGON:
Pozzo:
Not at all!
you?
PPPOZZZO!
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
Is it Pozzo or Bozzo?
ESTRAGON:
no . .. I
don't seem to . . .
VLADIMIR:
called Gozzo.
ESTRAGON:
Pozz o :
ESTRAG ON :
Pozz o:
VLADI M I R :
POZZO:
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
VL ADI M I R :
ESTRAG ON :
pozz o :
ESTRAG ON :
Po zz o :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
E STRAGON :
We meant well.
POZZO:
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo :
ESTRAG ON :
POZZ O :
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VLADIMIR:
He looks tired.
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
How do I know?
ESTRAGON:
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Careful!
VLADIMIR : Look !
EST RAGON: What?
VLADIM!R : (71ointing). His neck!
goiter.
ESTRAG ON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
P ozzo :
ESTRAGON:
pozzo:
ESTRAGON :
(Pause.) Ask h i m a
question.
(timidly).M ister . . .
L ou de r.
(louder).M i ster ...
Leave him in peace! (They tum towards Pozzo
who, having finished eating, wipes his mouth with
the back of his hand. ) Can't you see he wants to
rest? Basket! (He strikes a match and begins to
light his pipe.Estragon sees the chicken bones on
the ground and stares at them greedily.As Lucky
does not move Pozzo throws the match angrily
away and jerks the rope.) Basket! (Lucky starts,
almost falls, recovers his senses, advances, puts the
bottle in the basket and goes back to his place.
Estragon stares at the bones.Pozzo strikes another
match and lights his pipe.) What can you expect,
it's not his job. (He pulls at his pipe, stretches out
his legs.) Ahl That's better.
(timidly ). Please Sir ...
What is it, my good man?
. . . er . . . bones, Sir?
(scandalized).You couldn't have waited?
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Go
on, go on, don't be afra id, ask him, he'll tell you .
pozzo:
ESTRAGON:
. .
(To Estragon.)
him aga i n .
Pozzo :
V L ADIM IR:
EST RAGON :
POZZO:
EST RAGON :
Pozzo:
Eleven.
I am impertinent. (He k nocks out his pipe ag a inst
the whip, gets up.) I must be getting on. Thank
you for your society. (He reflects.) Unless I smoke
another pipe before I go. What do you say? (They
say nothing.) Oh I'm only a small smoker, a very
small smoker, I'm not in the habit of smoking two
(hand to
(Silence.) It's
(S ighs.)
(Silence.)
(S ilence.)
appearing to falter.
pardon?
ESTRAGON:
Let's go.
EST RAGON :
So soon?
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p ozzo :
VLADIMIR :
p ozzo :
to
little
p ozzo :
I'm going.
(To VladimirfThink
'
future in
"
his hands
-
see
,___..--
'
--
--
__,. -
____ ..... -
"
VLADIMIR:
pozzo:
ESTRAGON:
Pozzo:
... (he
in turn to make it
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
EST RAGON:
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON:
VLADIMIR:
Pozzo:
I wonder.
attention,
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That's it.
PO ZZO :
ESTR AGO N:
pozzo:
(to Estragon).
(To
still, I
Here.
ESTRAGO N :
What is it?
VLADI M I R :
me sec.
He reflects.
ESTR AGO N:
P O ZZO :
VLADIMIR :
PO ZZO :
I'm going.
What
was it
Why hc-
(ang rily).
(Pause. Calmer.) If
(Pause.)
ESTRAGON :
pozzo :
try and
heliaS._lt_flls that he
What?
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(All
VLADIMIR:
P o zzo :
VLADIMIR:
Pozzo :
Lucky weeps.
ESTRAGON:
POZZO:
Estragon hesitates.
VLADIM IR:
P o zzo :
ESTRAGO N :
p ozzo :
VLADI M IR :
Po zzo:
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo:
(Pause.) Let us
not speak well of it either. (Pause.) Let us not
speak of it at all. (Pause. Judiciously. ) It is true
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VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
(Pause. With
extraordinary v e hemence.) Professional worries!
(Calmer.) Beauty,
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo :
--
VLADI M I R :
< - -
ESTRAGON:
Swine!
P ozzo :
ter so many
years ! Really!
Po zzo :
ESTRAG ON :
VLADI M I R :
What?
ESTRAG ON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAG ON :
What?
VLAD I M I R :
I don't know.
ESTRAGON :
Ask him.
Po zzo :
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VLADI M I R :
And i t s
EST RAG O N :
Appa rently no t .
'
not over.
VLADI M I R :
I t s only beginning.
ESTRAGO N :
I t's awfu l .
'
VLADI M I R :
\V o r se than t h e pantomime.
EST RAGON :
The circus.
VLADI M I R :
E S T RAGO N :
P OZZO :
ESTRAGO N :
The music-hall.
The circus .
VLADI M I R :
J'll be back.
VLADI M I R :
Keep my seat.
Exit Vladimir.
mel
POZZO :
(He misses
E STRAGON :
EST RAGO N :
Come here.
pozzo : Wh a t for?
ESTRAGO N :
You'll see.
ESTRAG0:-1 :
p ozzo :
ESTRAGON :
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
p ozzo:
E STRAG0 :-1 :
P OZ ZO
at
the sky .
before I gave u p.
I'd very
POZZO :
EST RAGON :
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POZZO :
ESTRAGON :
P OZZO :
I fa ncy so.
me a gain.
EST RAGON :
P OZZO :
E S TRAGON :
P OZZO :
. \ ,.
E S T RAGON :
POZZO :
!j
(to Pozzo).
this witticism.)
,
'
Let's go.
But take the weight off your feet, I implore you,
you'll catch your death.
Pozzo :
True.
is your
name?
EST RAGO N :
P o zzo :
Adam.
(Pause.) In these
(Pause.) When the weather is fine.
(Lyrical.) An hour ago (he looks at his watch,
prosaic) roughly (lyrical) after having poured
forth even since (he hesitates, prosaic) say ten
o'clock in the morning (lyrical) tirelessly torrents
latitudes.
25
Long silence.
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
E STRAGO N :
V LADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
p o zzo :
V L AD I M I R :
P o zzo :
ESTRAGO N :
P ozzo :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
P OZZO :
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
p ozzo :
ESTRAGON :
p ozzo :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
ESTRAGO N :
Not a t all!
VLADI M I R :
What an idea l
P ozzo :
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
P ozzo :
P ozzo :
it
Even five.
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Who?
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
to
use
d to think very
. . . (he shudders).
So much th e
worse
for me.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGO N :
(to Pozzo ).
He laughs briefly.
V L A DI M I R :
Pozzo :
EST RAGON :
POZZO :
ESTRAGON :
P OZZO :
almost fa lls. )
movements, stops.
myself. (He imitates Lucky,
same
Pozzo :
ESTRAGON :
V L ADI M IR :
Pozzo :
VLADI M I R :
\Voaa !
Lucky st iffe n s .
ESTRAGON :
Pozzo :
p oc ke ts )
Wait.
with my spray? ( H e
ESTRAGO N:
s o u n d as a bel l !
P ozzo :
ESTRAGON :
Wait!
VLADI M I R :
Wai t !
P O ZZO :
Wait !
ESTRAGO N :
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VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
E S T RAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
p o zzo :
He has it.
E S T RAG O N :
V L ADI M I R :
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M IR :
P OZZO :
ESTRAGO N :
p o zzo :
VLADI M I R :
Stoutly reasoned!
And why has he put them down?
An swer u s that.
I n order to danc e .
E S T RAGO N :
Tm e!
P o zzo :
Tmel
VLADI M I R :
P o zzo :
VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
VLAD IMIR :
EST RAGON :
111 give it to h i m .
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo :
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo:
LUCKY :
POZZO :
Stop!
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29
tennis
His h a t !
ESTRAGON :
p ozzo :
J\venged!
VLADIMIR :
p ozzo :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
VLADI M IR :
POZZO :
U p scum !
Up pig!
mel
How?
Raise him u p !
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
P OZZO :
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(Turning to
Vladi m i r
pockets)
wish you .
. (fumbles)
with my watch?
. . . (fumbles) . .
(Sobbing.)
Twas my gra npa gave i t to m e ! (He searches on
gentlemen, with deadbeat escapement!
Wait!
Silence!
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo :
VLADIM I R :
I hear something.
Where?
It's the heart.
(disappointed). Damnation!
Silence!
E S T RAGON :
Silence.
EST RAGO N :
Then adieu.
POZZO :
Adieu.
V L ADI M I R :
Adieu.
P OZZO :
Adieu.
Adieu.
POZZO :
Adieu.
E S T RAGON :
Adieu.
Silence.
pozzo :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
E S T RAGON :
P OZZO :
you.
Not at all.
Yes yes.
No no.
VLADI M I R :
Yes yes.
E S T RAGO N :
No no.
Silence.
P OZZO :
(long hesitation)
to depart.
E ST RAGON :
Such is l ife.
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VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
I need a ru n n i ng start.
EST RAGON :
On!
VLADI M I R :
On!
pozzo :
V L ADI M I R :
E S T RAGON :
P OZZO :
E S T RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Pause.
ESTRAGO N :
What do we do now?
VLADI M I R :
I don't know.
ESTRAGO N :
Let's go.
V L ADI M I R :
\Ve can't.
ESTRAGO N :
Why not?
V L ADI M I R :
Pause.
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON : Who?
VLADIM IR : Those two.
ESTRAGON : That's the i dea, let's make a l ittle conversation.
VLADIMIR : H aven't they?
ESTRAGON : What?
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGO :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
Changed.
us.
react.) Ow!
VLADIMIR : -(ta.hl!!lselt). Unless t!ty)__,not h sa e . . .
.
.
ESTRAGON : Didi! It's the other foot !
/
He goes hobbling towards the mound.
VLADIMIR : Unless they're not the same . . .
BOY : (off). M ister!
Estragon halts. Both look towards the voice.
ESTRAGON : Off we go again.
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A good while, S i r.
33
BOY :
VLADIMIR:
B OY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
No Sir.
It wasn't you came yesterday?
No S ir.
Th is is your first time?
Yes Sir.
Silence.
VLADIMIR :
BOY :
Word words.
(in
rush).
(Pa use.)
Speak.
Silence.
VLADIMIR:
BOY :
I s that all?
Yes Sir.
Silence.
VLADIMIR:
BOY :
VLA DIMIR :
BOY :
VLADIMIR:
BOY :
VLADIMIR :
BOY :
V L A D IMIR:
BOY :
VLADIMI R :
BOY :
VL ADIMIR:
BOY :
V L ADIMIR :
BOY :
VLADIMIR:
..
Is he good to yoU?
Yes S i r.
He doesn't beat you?
No S i r, not me.
\Vhom docs he beat ?
He beats my brother, Sir.
Ah, you have a brother?
Yes S ir.
What does he do?
He minds the sheep,
Sir.
Sir.
::r-
BOY :
I do n t know, Sir.
'
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
(The Boy
hesitates.) Does h e feed you well?
Fairly well, Sir.
You're not
nhappy ?
hear me?
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
VLADIM IR :
Yes S ir.
Well?
I don't know, Sir.
You don't know if you're unhappy or not?
No Sir.
You're as bad as myself.
sleep?
B OY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
Silence.
VLADI M IR :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
B OY :
. .
Yes Sir.
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VLADI MIR :
VLADI M I R :
Eh?
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
Christ did.
V L ADIMIR :
EST RAGON :
V L ADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
Silence.
V L ADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
V L ADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMI R :
ESTRAGON :
No.
VLADIMIR :
(He crosses
the stage and sits down on the mound.) We
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V L ADIMIR :
ESTRAG ON :
'
Silence.
VLADIMIR:
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
not move.
Curtain
A
c
Same place.
ith a ladle
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VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
V L ADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
What a day !
VLADIM I R :
ESTRAGON :
VL ADIM IR :
Not yet.
ESTRAGON :
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
not once !
EST RAGON :
VLADI MIR :
ESTRAGON :
(shocked). Happy?
VLADIMIR :
E STRAGON :
And now?
VLADI M I R :
Now? . . .
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ESTRAGON : You see, you feel worse when I'm with you. I feel
better alone too.
VLADIMIR :
Say, I am happy.
ESTRAGON : I am happy.
VLADI M I R :
So am I .
ESTRAGON :
So am I.
VL DIM I
R : We are happy.
ESTRAGON :
ESTRAGON : It's never the same pus from one second to the
next.
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VLADI M I R : All the same, you can't tell me that this (gesture)
bears any resemblance to . . .
(he hesitates)
Cllifee-n c .
--
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON : The best thing would be to kill me, like the other.
VLADIMIR : What other? (Pause.) What other?
ESTRAGON :
EST RAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
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Silence.
VLADI M IR : They all speak at once.
ESTRAGON : Each one to i tself.
S ilence.
VLADI:\! I R : Rather they whisper.
ESTRAGO:-< : They rustle.
VLADIMIR : They murmur.
ESTRAGO:-< : They rustle.
Silence.
VLADIMIR : \Vhat do they say?
ESTRAGON : They talk about their l ives.
VLADIM IR : To have lived is not enough for them.
ESTRAGON : They have to talk about i t.
VLADI M IR : To be dead i s not enough for th em.
EST RAGON :
It is not sufficient.
Silence.
VLADIMIR : They make a noise l ike feathers.
ESTRAGON : Like leaves.
VLADIMIR : L ike ashes .
ESTRAGON : Like leaves.
Long silence.
VLADIMIR : Say someth ing!
ESTRAGON : Ah!
- -
Silence.
VLADIMIR : This is awful!
ESTRAGON : Sing something.
VLADIMIR : No n o ! (He reflects.) We could start all over again
perhaps.
Silence.
VLADIMIR : Help m e !
ESTRAGON : I ' m trying.
Silence.
VLADIMIR : When you seek you hear.
ESTRAGON ; You do.
VLADIM IR : That prevents you from finding.
ESTRAGON : I t does.
VLADIMIR : That prevents you from thinking.
E STRAGON : You think all the same.
VLADIMIR : No no, impossible.
ESTRAGON : That's the idea, let's contradict each other.
VLADIMIR : l m p sibl-;. - -
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,_
- ---"
- - -
ESTRAGON :
V LADI M I R :
V LADI M IR :
EST RAGON :
VLADIM IR :
Tha t wha t ?
ESTRAGOS :
V L A DI M I R :
ESTRAGOS :
V L A D I I I R :
Tru e .
EST RAGON :
VLADIM I R :
What is terrible is to
har;e
thou ght .
EST R A GON :
V LAD I M I R :
ESTRAGON :
V LADI M IR :
Tel l me that.
ESTRAGON :
True.
V LADIMI R :
ESTRAGON :
V L A D I M IR:
A ch arne!-house ! A ch arnel-house!
EST R A GON :
V L A D I M IR :
ESTRAGON :
True.
VLAD I M IR :
ESTRAGON :
V L ADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
V L A D IM IR:
ESTRAGON :
True .
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIM I R :
To have thought.
ESTRAGON :
Obviously.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
Que voulez-vous?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
Que voulez-vous.
VLADIM I R :
Silence.
ES TRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
Let me see.
VLADI M I R :
E S T RAGON :
VLADIM I R :
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
This evening
saying . . .
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
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The tree?
V L ADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
I'm tired.
VLADI M I R :
Look at it.
I see nothing.
V L ADI M IR :
E ST RAGON :
Leaves?
V L ADIM I R :
In a single night.
EST RAGON :
VLADIMI R :
B u t in a single night !
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR :
E S T RAGON :
V L ADIM I R :
E S T RAGON :
Do?
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
Do . . . I suppose we blathered.
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
I remember,
a leg
to Vladimir, staggers. Vladim ir takes the leg. They
stagger.) Pull up your trousers.
ESTRAGON : I ca n't.
Vladimir pulls up the trousers, looks at the leg,
fester!
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VLADIMIR : When ?
ESTRAGON : I don't know.
VLADIMIR : Why?
ESTRAGON : (exasperated). I don't know why I d o n' t know!
VLADI M IR : No, I mean why did you throw them away?
ESTRAGON : (exasperated). Because they were hurting mel
VLADIMIR : (triumphantly, pointing to the boots). There they
are!
ESTRAGON : You see, all that's a lot of bloodyVLADIMIR : A h l l see what it is. Yes, I see what's happened.
ESTRAGON : All that's a lot of bloodyVLADIMIR : It's elemen tary. Someone came and took yours
and left you h is.
ESTRAGON : Why?
VLADIMIR : His were too tight for him, so he took yours.
EST RAGON : But mine were too tight.
VLADIMIR : For you. Not for him .
. .I.:
ESTR AGON :
VLADI M I R :
\Ve can't.
EST R AGON :
Why not?
VLADIMIR:
EST RAGON:
Ah!
I 'm tired!
we do, what'll
we dol
VLADIM IR:
ESTR AGON:
VLADIMIR:
EST RAGON :
VLADIMIR :
EST R AGON:
VLADIMIR:
EST RAGON:
VLADIM IR:
It's a radish.
EST R AGON:
VLADIM IR:
ESTR AGON:
VLADIM IR:
Th n
ESTRAGOS :
EST R AGON:
Not enough.
Silence.
VLADIMIR:
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ESTRAGON : A relaxation.
VLADIMIR : A recreation.
ESTRAGON : A relaxation.
VLADI M I R : Try.
ESTRAGON : You'll help me?
VLADIMIR : I will of cours e.
ESTRAGON : We don't manage too badly, eh Didi, b e tween the
two of us?
VLADIMIR : Yes yes. Come on, we'll try the left first.
us
ESTRAGON : I t fits.
VLADIMIR : (taking st ri n g from his pocket). We'll try and lace
it.
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
E STRAGON :
N o t yet.
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
True.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
Yes, but-
ESTRAGON : (violently).
Enough!
(Silence.)
I suppose I might
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
I'll try.
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
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th ere .
ESTRAGON : A h !
VLADIMIR : There . . . there . . . it's a l l over.
ESTRAGON : I \Vas fal l i n gVLADI M IR : I t's a l l over, it's all over.
E STRAGON : I was on top of aVLADIMIR : Don't tell m e ! Come, we'll walk it off.
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
r.O,,
V L ADI M I R :
I t'l
E STRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
V L ADI M I R :
(halting, violently). W i ll
C
'' -\
\ . .. -
_\.
\.,
(Pause. Despairing.)
I'm going.
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGO N :
Farewell.
VLADI M I R :
Lucky's hat.
an hour and
E STRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Wel l !
EST RAGON :
What?
V L ADI M I R :
Hold that.
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VLADI M I R :
Hideous.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
(Pause.)
How
I'm going.
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
Play at what?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
What am I to do?
VLADI M I R :
Curse mel
ESTRAGON :
V LADI M I R :
Stronger!
EST RAGON :
Gonococcus ! Spirochete !
Vladimir sways back and forth, doubled in two.
VLADIM IR :
T ell me to think.
E S TRAGON :
What?
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
Think, pig!
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
I can't !
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Tell me to dance.
E S T RAGON :
I'm going.
VLADI M I R :
left,
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I'm accursed!
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
They're coming!
VLADI M I R :
Who?
E S T RAGON
VLADI M I R :
J don't know.
H ow many?
E S T RAGON :
I don't know.
VLADI M I R :
E S T RAGO N :
lm
VLADI M I R :
E S T RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ilu_f(
\Ve're surrounded!
Where?
Behind the tree.
- - --
VLADIMI R :
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VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
V L A DI M I R :
E S T RAGON :
V L A DI M I R :
Ceremonious ape!
ESTRAGO N :
Punctilious pig!
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
< -
foron !
EST RAGON :
Moro n !
ESTRAGON :
Verm i n !
VLADI M I R :
Abortion !
EST RAGON :
M orpionl
VLADI M I R :
Sewer-rat!
E S T RAGON :
Curate!
VLADI M I R :
Cret i n !
E S T RAGON :
(with finality).
VLADI M I R :
Crriticl
Ohl
VLA DI M I R :
Gogo !
EST RAGO N :
Didi l
VLADI M I R :
Your hand!
ESTRAGON :
Take it!
VLADI M I R :
Come to my arms!
ESTRAGON :
Your arms?
VLADI M I R :
My breast!
ESTRAGON :
Off we go!
S ilen ce.
ESTRAGON :
\Vhat do we do now?
VLADI M I R :
While waiting.
ESTRAGON :
While waiting.
V L AD I M IR :
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
Our movements.
VLADI M I R :
Our elevations.
ESTRAGON :
Our relaxations.
VLADI M IR :
Our elongations.
ESTRAGON :
Our relaxations.
VLADI M I R :
To warm us up.
ESTRAGON :
To calm us down.
VLADIM I R :
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Off we go.
E STRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
You're right.
balance.
ESTRAGON :
The tree?
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VLADI M I R :
E ST RAGON :
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
/ , ,-"""
,t
'
'
* '
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
Gogo!
is it?
Who is it?
Is it Godot?
VLAD I M I R :
A t last!
Reinforcements a t last!
POZZO :
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Help!
Is it Godot?
P OZZO :
EST RAGON :
Help!
Do you hear him?
VLADI M I R :
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Help !
Time flows again already. The s u n wi ll set, the
moon rise, and we away . . . from here.
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Pity!
Poor P o zzo!
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Who?
ESTRAGON :
Go dot.
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
I t's Pozzo.
P ozzo :
VLADIM IR :
EST RAGON :
Let's go.
VLADI M I R :
\Ve can't.
EST RAGON :
Why not?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
AhJ
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
Bone?
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
It was him?
VLADI M I R :
Yes.
EST RAGON :
Ask him.
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ESTRAGON : What?
VLADI M I R : That seems intel ligent all right. But there's one
thing I 'm afraid of.
POZZO : Help!
ESTRAGON : What?
VLADI M I R : Tha t Lucky might get going all of a sudden. Then
we'd be ballocksed.
ESTRAGON : Lucky?
VLADI M I R : The one that wen t for you yesterday.
EST RAGON : I tell you there was ten of them.
VLADI M I R : No, before that, the one that kicked you.
EST RAGON : Is he there?
VLADI M I R :
As large as life.
Help!
And suppose we gave him a good beating the two
of us?
VLADI M I R :
E STRAGON :
Yes.
VLADI M I R :
Help!
To help him
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M IR :
(Estragon
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or
that
Ahl
Help!
Or for n i ght to fall. (Pause.) We have kept our
appointment and that's an end to that. \Ve are not
saints, but we have kept our appointment. How
many people can boast as much ?
ESTRAGO N :
Bill ions.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
I don't know.
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
VLADI MIR :
ESTRAGON :
remai n so.
P OZZO :
EST RAGON :
P OZZO :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
E S T RAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Two hundred!
We wait. We are bored .
He broods.
P ozzo :
VLADI M I R :
Two hundred !
We're coming!
VLADI M I R :
Help!
EST RAGO N :
I'm going.
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Gogo !
POZZO :
Help!
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VLADIMIR :
Help!
I swear i t (
haste to seize.
VLADIM IR : PuiJI
Estragon pulls, st umbles, falls. Long silence.
POZZO :
VLADI M IR :
Pozzo :
VLADIM I R :
Help!
We've arrived.
'Who are you?
We a re men.
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
E STRAGON :
I don't know.
VL ADIM IR :
Try.
ESTRAGON :
Silence.
POZZO :
'What happened?
VLADI M I R :
(violently).
E STRAGON :
E STRAGON :
Silence.
POZZO :
Pity ! Pity!
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR:
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR:
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EST RAGON :
\Vhat do we do now?
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
Don't leave m e l
VLADI M I R :
Or I co u l d c a l l to h im.
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Pozzo !
EST RAGON :
Together.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
No reply.
Pozzo l Pozzol
VLADI M I R :
He moved.
ESTRAGON :
V L ADIM I R :
Silence.
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
It'd be amusing.
VLADI M IR :
What'd be amusing?
ESTRAGO N :
V L ADI M IR :
EST RAGON :
POZZO :
Help!
EST RAGON :
Got it in one !
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
P OZZO :
ESTRAGON :
Help !
He's all huma n i ty. (Silence.) Look at the little
cloud
VLADI M I R :
Where?
E S T RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Well?
it?
S il en ce.
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
But to what?
VLADI M I R :
Ahl
Silence.
ESTRAGO N :
VLADI M I R :
No harm trying.
ESTRAGON :
Child's play.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGO N :
And now?
They
P OZZO :
EST RAGO N :
get up.
Help!
Let's go.
VLADI M I R :
We can't.
ESTltAGO N :
Why not?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGO N :
POZZO :
Ah!
(Despairing.)
Help !
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
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V L A DI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
P OZZO :
V L A DI M I R :
P OZZO :
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
V L A D I !\ l i R :
S i nce when?
pozzo :
EST RAGON :
V L A DI M I R :
EST RAGON :
Well?
V L A DI M I R :
E S T RAGON :
V L A DI M I R :
Possibly.
EST RAGON :
Tru e.
V L A DI M I R :
P OZZO :
EST RAGON :
V L A DI M I R :
EST RAGON :
Damn it so he is.
POZZO :
V L A DI M I R :
(Pause.) So he says.
Don't leave m e !
N o question of i t .
ESTRAGON :
P OZZO :
VLADI M I R :
. eight
o'clock . . .
EST RAGON :
p ozzo :
Is it evening?
It's rising.
VLADI M I R :
I mpossible.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
P o zzo :
'
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
P ozzo :
EST RAGON :
Give us a chance.
VLADI M I R :
(Pause.) How
VLADI M I R :
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POZZO :
ESTRAGON :
Silence.
(irritably). Expand! Expa nd!
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLAD I M I R :
P ozzo :
VLADI M IR :
POZZO :
Qu ite wonderful !
I 'm asking you i f i t came o n you all o f a sudden.
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
P OZZO :
VLADI M IR :
POZZO :
I'm going.
Where are we?
I couldn't tell you.
I t isn't by any chance the place known as the
Board?
VLADI M IR :
POZZO :
VLADI M I R :
Never heard of i t.
What is it like?
Pozzo :
EST RAGON :
Pozzo :
VLADI M I R :
p ozzo :
VLADIM I R :
p ozzo :
ESTRAGON :
Exactly !
VLADI M I R :
pozzo :
VLADI M I R :
POZZO :
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
P o zzo :
(Silence.)
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
p ozzo :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
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ESTRAGON :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Oh the brute!
S o it i s he?
What?
It is Lucky?
I don't understand.
And you are Pozzo?
Certa inly I am Pozzo.
The same as yesterday?
Yesterday?
We met yesterday.
remember?
pozzo :
VLADI M IR :
B utEnough ! Up pig!
You were bringing him to the fair to sell him. You
spoke to u s . He danced. He thought. You bad your
sight.
P OZZO :
VLADIM IR :
P OZZO :
VLADI!\HR :
Pozzo :
VLADIM IR :
P OZZO:
VLADIMIR :
P OZZO:
VLADI!\iiR :
POZZO:
VLADI M IR :
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POZZO :
VLADIMIR :
POZZO :
blind,
one day we11 go deaf, one day we were born, one
day we shall die, the same day, the same second,
is that not enough for you? (Calmer.) They give
instant. then
an
rope.) On!
to the edge
noisz
moment, then
VLADIMIR :
I felt lonely.
I
was dreaming
was
happy.
ESTRAGON :
Biind? Who?
VI.ADIMill :
Pozzo.
ESTRAGON :
Blind?
VLADIMill :
EST RAGON :
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
(Pause.)
VLADI M IR :
Who?
ESTRAGON :
Godot.
VLADI M I R :
But who?
EST RAGON :
Pozzo.
VLADI M I R :
(Pause.)
Not at alll
(Less sure.)
Not at all l
Not at all !
ESTRAGON :
painfully.)
(He gets up
Ow ! Didi!
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR :
(Pause.)
58
of our cries.
deadener.
(Pause.) I
can't go on!
said?
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
me?
BOY :
V L ADI M I R :
BOY :
V L ADI M I R :
BOY :
No S ir.
It wasn't you ca me y esterday.
No S i r.
Th is is yo u r first time.
Yes S ir.
Silence.
V L ADI M I R :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
No S ir.
But he'll come to-morrow.
Yes Sir.
Without fa il.
Yes S ir.
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
Two other
Silence.
VLADI M IR :
Sir.
(Silence.) Do you
hear me?
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
Yes
Sir.
Well?
He does nothing,
Silence.
VLADI M IR :
BOY :
VLADI M IR :
BOY :
VLADIM I R :
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
BOY :
Sir.
Silence.
(s oft ly) . Has he a beard, Mr. Godot?
Yes
Sir.
Fair or
. . (he hesitates) . .
or black?
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
Silence.
BOY :
VLADI M I R :
Tell him
me and that
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VLADIM I R :
Nothing.
EST RAGON
I 'm going.
VLADI M I R :
So am I.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
I don't know.
Silence.
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Not far.
ESTRAGON :
VLADIMIR :
We can't.
EST RAGON
Why not?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
What for?
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
Ah l
VLADIMI R :
No.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI MIR :
ESTRAGON :
(Pause.) If we dropped
him?
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
VLADI M I R :
With what?
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
No.
ESTRAGON :
Then we can't.
VLADI M I R :
Let's go .
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
True.
VLADI M I R :
Silence.
ESTRAGON :
ESTRAGON :
Silence.
VLADI M I R :
Yes.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Yes.
Silence.
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EST RAGON
VLADI M I R :
EST RAGON :
VLADI M I R :
Didi.
Yes.
I can't go on like this.
That's what you think.
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M I R :
(Pause.) Unless
Godot comes.
ESTRAGON :
And if he comes?
VLADI M I R :
\Ve'll be saved.
VLADI M I R :
ESTRAGON :
What?
VLADI M I R :
E STRAGON :
VLADIM IR :
ESTRAGON :
VLADI M IR :
EST RAGON :
do not
move.
Curtain
Attendant Godot )
En
Raspail, Paris, Fra r.ce, during the season of 1952-3. The play
was direct ed by Roger Blin, with decor by Sergio Gerstein.
ESTRACON
Pierre Latour
VLADIMIR
Lucien Raimbourg
POZZO
Roger Blin
LUCKY
Jean Martin
BOY
Serge Lecointe
Sa m u e l Beckett
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1 go6. He went to
Portora Royal School at Enn iskillen, Cou nty Ferma nagh
( Osca r Wil de's school ) , and to Tri nity College, Dubl i n , from
which he gra duated in 1 927 with
B . A . in French and
Murph y,
in the Vau cluse ( U n occupied Zone) and there finished his last
work i n E n gl i sh,
and the p lay, E n Atte nda n t Godot. His trilogy has been