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Come and Go

work by Beckett

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  • Samuel Beckett, 1965
    In Samuel Beckett: The humor and mastery

    Come and Go (1967), a playlet, or “dramaticule,” as he called it, contains only 121 words that are spoken by the three characters. The prose fragment “Lessness” consists of but 60 sentences, each of which occurs twice. His series Acts Without Words are exactly what…

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