The Complete Dramatic Works by Samuel Beckett

Author:Samuel Beckett [Samuel Beckett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571300198
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2012-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

CURTAIN

Act Without Words II

A mime for two players

Written, according to Beckett, at about the same time as Act Without Words I (1956). Translated from the French by the author and first published in New Departures, vol. 1 (Summer, 1959). First performed probably at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, on 25 January 1960.

NOTE

This mime should be played on a low and narrow platform at back of stage, violently lit in its entire length, the rest of the stage being in darkness. Frieze effect.

A is slow, awkward (gags dressing and undressing), absent. B brisk, rapid, precise. The two actions therefore, though B has more to do than A, should have approximately the same duration.

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