As it opens, a description of the room in which all the action occurs reveals it to be shaped like the inside of a human skull with Hamm sitting in its center, covered with a sheet; nonsensical prattle and intimations of death are ubiquitous in the remainder.
The original performance of this work was followed by a performance of the same author's Acte sans Paroles, with which it is sometimes published. Its characters are four in number, and all have four-letter names. As it opens, a description of the room in which all the action occurs reveals it to be shaped like the inside of a human skull with Hamm sitting in its center, covered with a sheet; nonsensical prattle and intimations of death are ubiquitous in the remainder. For ten points name the play whose remaining cast consists of Clov, Nagg, and Nell; a work by Samuel Beckett first perfumed on April 3, 1957.
The original performance of this work was followed by a performance of the same author's Acte sans Paroles, with which it is sometimes published.
Endgame (accept Fin de Parite)