Ends and Odds brings together nine short dramatic works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Waiting for Godot.
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Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. His made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War Two. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot brought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theatre of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Beckett continued to write prolifically for radio, TV and the theatre until his death in 1989.
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MOVEMENT: this consists in simple sideways raising of arms from sides and their falling back, in a gesture of helpless compassion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
advances five steps, halts facing front, resumes pacing, near shot, time the buzzing, east shadow, grey rectangle, music audible Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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MOVEMENT: this consists in simple sideways raising of arms from sides and their falling back, in a gesture of helpless compassion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard on 4 pages
- Birthday Party (Pinter plays) by Harold Pinter on 4 pages
- American Buffalo by David Mamet in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Three Plays - Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, and What Where by Seymour Simon in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Shorter Plays, Volume 4: The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett on page 281, and page 285
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