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Come and Go
This dramaticule is Samuel Beckett’s most recent play and his shortest to date, written at a time when his prose is also appearing in a highly condensed form. In spite of its brevity it contains a poignancy and a directness that puts it on a level with his longer drama, and it requires a precision of acting and direction that is not easily found.
The illustrations are taken from the first Berlin production, directed by Derek Mendel, but Come and Go, which unlike most of Mr Beckett’s plays was written in English, has also been played at the Théâtre de France with Madeleine Renaud in the cast.
Hugh Kenner, in the revised edition of his famous book on Samuel Beckett, has this to say about Come and Go: ‘Three lives are telescoped into three minutes, in a vignette so spare that each of just 121 spoken words is shaped by dozens of words not spoken. Suffused in their disappointment, sustained by their wistful reenactment, braced by their interlinked connivance to withhold from one another intelligence of rumoured agonies, each guilty of having broached the subject on which she must next enjoin reticence, they make of their reticence their lifetime’s finest achievement; and Beckett has very nearly made a play out of silence.’
The illustrations are taken from the first Berlin production, directed by Derek Mendel, but Come and Go, which unlike most of Mr Beckett’s plays was written in English, has also been played at the Théâtre de France with Madeleine Renaud in the cast.
Hugh Kenner, in the revised edition of his famous book on Samuel Beckett, has this to say about Come and Go: ‘Three lives are telescoped into three minutes, in a vignette so spare that each of just 121 spoken words is shaped by dozens of words not spoken. Suffused in their disappointment, sustained by their wistful reenactment, braced by their interlinked connivance to withhold from one another intelligence of rumoured agonies, each guilty of having broached the subject on which she must next enjoin reticence, they make of their reticence their lifetime’s finest achievement; and Beckett has very nearly made a play out of silence.’
16 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1967
About the author
Samuel Beckett
934 books6,698 followersNovels of Samuel Barclay Beckett, Irish writer, include
Murphy
in 1938 and
Malone Dies
in 1951; a wider audience know his absurdist plays, such as
Waiting for Godot
in 1952 and
Krapp's Last Tape
in 1959, and he won the Nobel Prize of 1969 for literature.
Samuel Barclay Beckett, an avant-garde theater director and poet, lived in France for most of his adult life. He used English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black gallows humor.
People regard most influence of Samuel Barclay Beckett of the 20th century. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce strongly influenced him, whom people consider as one modernist. People sometimes consider him as an inspiration to many later first postmodernists. He is one of the key in what Martin Esslin called the "theater of the absurd". His later career worked with increasing minimalism.
People awarded Samuel Barclay Beckett "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation".
In 1984, people elected Samuel Barclay Bennett as Saoi of Aosdána.
Samuel Barclay Beckett, an avant-garde theater director and poet, lived in France for most of his adult life. He used English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black gallows humor.
People regard most influence of Samuel Barclay Beckett of the 20th century. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce strongly influenced him, whom people consider as one modernist. People sometimes consider him as an inspiration to many later first postmodernists. He is one of the key in what Martin Esslin called the "theater of the absurd". His later career worked with increasing minimalism.
People awarded Samuel Barclay Beckett "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation".
In 1984, people elected Samuel Barclay Bennett as Saoi of Aosdána.
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November 7, 2020
مسرحية دخول / خروج ل صمويل بيكيت
ولا أعلم ما الذي دفعني لأن أعود لبيكيت اليوم، فلقد وجدت المسرحية مترجمة بالصدفة البحتة علي اليوتيوب، وعادة لا أتجاهل ما تضعه الصدفة في طريقي ..
وقد كان
المسرحية إضافة لما شاهدته أو قرأته لبيكيت من قبل، الإضافة في أسلوب توصيل الفكرة، وليس الفكرة بالطبع .. فالفكرة واحدة في كل أعمال بيكيت، الجمود والثبات ، فالوضع عند بيكيت دائما كما هو عليه، ولا تنتظر شيئا مختلفا، وإلا فستصبح في انتظار جودو الذي لن يأتي أبدا .. فعليك أن تتقبل الامر، فلا حل .. ولا تغيير .. ولا صباح قادم، ولا غد آت
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ما أعجبني في إخراج المسرحية فكرة القبعات ذات اللون الواحد التي ارتدتها السيدات الثلاث، وكأن عقولهن واحدة، مهما اختلف لون الفستان
هناك المزيد من الأفكار في المسرحية إذا بحثت جيدا
August 4, 2024
خوانش اول با ترجمهی مهدی نوید.
خوانش دوم با ترجمهی علیاکبر علیزاد. حین دیدن فیلم جان کرولی از اثر.
سوای از عنوان که کمی متفاوت ترجمه شده، در ترجمهی علیزاد دو خطا وجود دارد. در دیالوگ رو در ابتدای نمایش، باید بگوید تغییر چندانی ندیدم، نه اینکه یه تغییر کوچیک دیدم:
I see little change.
در آخرین دیالوگ وی، باید بگوید حرف نزنیم، نه اینکه نمیشه از روزای قدیمی حرف بزنیم:
May we speak not of the old days.
خوانش دوم با ترجمهی علیاکبر علیزاد. حین دیدن فیلم جان کرولی از اثر.
سوای از عنوان که کمی متفاوت ترجمه شده، در ترجمهی علیزاد دو خطا وجود دارد. در دیالوگ رو در ابتدای نمایش، باید بگوید تغییر چندانی ندیدم، نه اینکه یه تغییر کوچیک دیدم:
I see little change.
در آخرین دیالوگ وی، باید بگوید حرف نزنیم، نه اینکه نمیشه از روزای قدیمی حرف بزنیم:
May we speak not of the old days.
June 23, 2010
Oh, those gossips. What do they gossip about? Each other. What do they say? They don't say--to us. Are they in a chronic historisus? Perhaps. What we know is that they come and go, come and go, come and go without end.
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July 31, 2018قريتها بترجمة الصديق كريم عبد الخالق
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March 6, 2024
نمایشنامکی از بکت... صفحه آخرش با رسم شکل گفته بود، جابجایی کارکترها به چه شکل هست که در این رابطه پيشنهاد میکنم تئاتر خیلی کوتاهش رو ببینید.
https://youtu.be/rNh3m2xp0k8?si=_z4Gg...
چقدر مبتکرانه و جالب و در عین حال غمانگیز بود. با اینکه بکت سلیقهام نیست اما خیلی پرمفهوم و مختصر و مفید بود. با تشکر از دوستم که برام شفاف سازیاش کرد😁❤️
نمایشنامک درباره درد مشترکه. درد و رازهایی که ما رو بهم نزدیک میکنه. و گاهی اینقدر درگیر زندگی بقیه میشیم که زندگی خودمون رو از یاد میبریم...
اون صحنه آخرش زیبا بود :)
_یعنی میشه دستهای همدیگه رو مثل قدیما بگیریم؟
_میتونم حلقهها رو احساس کنم.
https://youtu.be/rNh3m2xp0k8?si=_z4Gg...
چقدر مبتکرانه و جالب و در عین حال غمانگیز بود. با اینکه بکت سلیقهام نیست اما خیلی پرمفهوم و مختصر و مفید بود. با تشکر از دوستم که برام شفاف سازیاش کرد😁❤️
نمایشنامک درباره درد مشترکه. درد و رازهایی که ما رو بهم نزدیک میکنه. و گاهی اینقدر درگیر زندگی بقیه میشیم که زندگی خودمون رو از یاد میبریم...
اون صحنه آخرش زیبا بود :)
_یعنی میشه دستهای همدیگه رو مثل قدیما بگیریم؟
_میتونم حلقهها رو احساس کنم.
July 14, 2021
Such a short play and yet so powerful! That's who Beckett is. The only justice I can do in reviewing Beckett is by 'wordlessness'.
(Although, I am not sure if it should be counted as a separate book but is it any lesser than a full length book?) I so wish to have seen the plays the Beckett and Brecht onstage directed by themselves but you know...
(Although, I am not sure if it should be counted as a separate book but is it any lesser than a full length book?) I so wish to have seen the plays the Beckett and Brecht onstage directed by themselves but you know...
May 4, 2022
Three longterm friends conspire in a circle of silence.
November 23, 2015
Another really fascinating Beckett play.
Many call it an example of the perfect play, and while I cannot wholeheartedly go to that level of praise, it certainly was powerful.
The woman, consigned to nonsensical middle aged lives dream of the simplicity of days gone by and long for their union of youth to return. All they have left is each other as their lives seemingly begin to come to an end. They do not wish to to regress any further so through acts of love withdraw information to not only each other but to the audience. This is the intimacy Beckett longs for and achieves successfully.
Many call it an example of the perfect play, and while I cannot wholeheartedly go to that level of praise, it certainly was powerful.
The woman, consigned to nonsensical middle aged lives dream of the simplicity of days gone by and long for their union of youth to return. All they have left is each other as their lives seemingly begin to come to an end. They do not wish to to regress any further so through acts of love withdraw information to not only each other but to the audience. This is the intimacy Beckett longs for and achieves successfully.
June 22, 2015
Here is the weird short play, with its full script:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNh3m...
And this is the first time I need an interpretation of a play:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+cir...
But I think I could love Samuel Beckett a little more, if I convinced myself that, regarding his work, it is OK if each one has the interpretation of his own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNh3m...
And this is the first time I need an interpretation of a play:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+cir...
But I think I could love Samuel Beckett a little more, if I convinced myself that, regarding his work, it is OK if each one has the interpretation of his own.
October 15, 2013
Read for Drama, Theatre and Performance.
This play, though short, is a really unnerving performance piece based on the idea of gossip, friendship and the effect time has on relationships and friendships. The exclusion and isolation of the audience and each character by the two other friends is very powerful and the cyclical theme is really important with regard to making the audience think.
This play, though short, is a really unnerving performance piece based on the idea of gossip, friendship and the effect time has on relationships and friendships. The exclusion and isolation of the audience and each character by the two other friends is very powerful and the cyclical theme is really important with regard to making the audience think.
January 2, 2015
Incredibly short, but manages to convey so much in so few words.
October 9, 2022
Enigmatic, and strange - about 3 women whose dialogue initiates like the 3 Witches from 'Macbeth'. They then come and go, comment on how each is doing, receive a revelation, and then the play ends with them joining hands. Flo comments that she can feel the rings at the end.
It's a micro play, with each word and stage direction being crucial to our understanding of the whole. Critics have noted its circular structure - the same thing happens 3 exact times in equal proportion. It could be an eternity trap the characters are placed into - they're caught in the misery of lives not lived well, or in present times that aren't easy to handle, and so they drift off to the past.
The meaning is enigmatic, as is the meaning in all of Beckett's works. It's one worth re-reading, and likely has many things underlaying the surface details compared to what you may first expect.
It's a micro play, with each word and stage direction being crucial to our understanding of the whole. Critics have noted its circular structure - the same thing happens 3 exact times in equal proportion. It could be an eternity trap the characters are placed into - they're caught in the misery of lives not lived well, or in present times that aren't easy to handle, and so they drift off to the past.
The meaning is enigmatic, as is the meaning in all of Beckett's works. It's one worth re-reading, and likely has many things underlaying the surface details compared to what you may first expect.
September 4, 2018
Three Women
Three Ohs
Three Stars
Three Ohs
Three Stars
October 20, 2020
this is definitely the shortest book i've ever read
March 23, 2023
Overrated, too meta to enjoy.
December 16, 2024
Gossips gossips gossips.
January 29, 2025
I don't get it yet... I'll get back to you
April 23, 2025
3 very secretive bumps on a log. the rings the rings the rings
February 12, 2026
beautifully confusing.
November 9, 2022
No os voy a mentir, Come and Go ha sido el intento que ha tenido una amiga mía de introducirme al teatro del absurdo. No suelo leer teatro de normal, y menos de este tipo, así que ha sido una experiencia curiosa. Quiero indagar más en esta obra y leer interpretaciones para entenderla un poco mejor y sacar mis propias conclusiones sobre ella, pero en general el estilo y el desarrollo me han llamado mucho la atención. Creo que en un futuro leeré algo más de Beckett y de este género, a ver qué tal.
December 22, 2014
Beckett's "dramaticule" is a minimal yet inspired illustration of the dullness of gossip-mongering.
July 5, 2014
Subtle and a good read.Samuel Beckett , LOVE.
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