Endgame

Synopsis

A performance of Samuel Beckett's 'Endgame', a play in which nothing happens, once - unlike Beckett's first play 'Waiting for Godot' in which nothing happens twice. It is not a play about chess, in any explicit sense, but it does feature a lovable if curmudgeonly old man in a dustbin. Generally accepted to be Beckett's bleakest play - indeed after it's 1957 English debut at the Royal Court, the TLS's Olivier Todd quipped that it made Waiting for Godot look like "a cheerful operetta". However, Beckett himself described it as "the favourite of my plays." Although the programme was not broadcast until 1991 it was recorded in 1989 prior to Beckett's death and had his blessing. This production is particularly notable as it is first full-length television performance of the play.

Main Cast

Norman Beaton

Hamm

Age : 60 | Popularity : 5%

Stephen Rea

Clov

Age : 77 | Popularity : 17%

Charlie Drake

Nagg

Age : 81 | Popularity : 5%

Kate Binchy

Nell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Samuel Beckett
Directing	Director	Tony Coe
Department	Role	Name

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