{"id":45,"date":"2025-10-13T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/husbands-paris.com\/en\/?p=45"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:00","slug":"endgame-samuel-beckett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpadmin.husbands-paris.com\/en\/journal\/endgame-samuel-beckett\/","title":{"rendered":"ENDGAME, SAMUEL BECKETT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NAGG. \u2013 (\u2026) An Englishman \u2013 (he takes an english face, then takes back his own)<\/em> – needing a pair of striped trousers in a hurry for the New Year festivities, goes to his tailor who takes his measurements. (Tailor\u2019s voice.)<\/em> \u201cThat\u2019s the lot, come back in four days, I\u2019ll have it ready.\u201d Good. Four days later. (Tailor\u2019s voice.)<\/em> \u201cSo sorry, come back in a week, I\u2019ve made a mess of the seat.\u201d Good, that\u2019s all right, a neat seat can be very ticklish. A week later. (Tailor\u2019s voice.)<\/em>\u201dFrightfully sorry, come back in ten days, I\u2019ve made a hash of the crotch.\u201d Good, can\u2019t be helped, a snug crotch is always a teaser. Ten days later. (Tailor\u2019s voice.)<\/em> \u201cDreadfully sorry, come back in a fortnight, I\u2019ve made a balls of the fly.\u201d Good, at a pinch, a smart fly is a stiff proposition. (\u2026) (Pause. Raconteur\u2019s voice.)<\/em> Well, to make it short, the bluebells are blowing and he ballockses the buttonholes. (Customer\u2019s voice.)<\/em> \u201cGod damn you to hell, Sir, no, it\u2019s indecent, there are limits! In six days, do you hear me, six days, God made the world. Yes Sir, no less Sir, the WORLD! And you are not bloody well capable of making me a pair of trousers in three months!\u201d (Tailor\u2019s voice, scandalized.)<\/em> \u201cBut my dear Sir! My dear Sir! Look – (disdainful gesture, disgustedly)<\/em>– at the world – (Pause.)<\/em> and look – (loving gesture, proudly)<\/em> – at my TROUSERS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Beckett, Endgame<\/em>, 1957<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"1-Samuel-Becket-par-Lucio-Berzoli-Genes-1971\"
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BERZOLI, Lucio, phot. BECKETT, Samuel. Genova, Italy. 1970. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"2-Samuel-Beckett-Berlin-15-janvier-1975\"
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BECKETT, Samuel. Berlin, Germany. 1975.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"3-Samuel-Beckett-par-Bruce-Davidson-Repetitions-de-En-attendant-Godot-New-York-1964\"
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DAVIDSON, Bruce, phot. BECKETT, Samuel. New York City, United-States. 1965. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MELLER-MARCOVICZ, Digne, phot. DAVIDSON, Bruce, phot. BECKETT, Samuel. Berlin, Germany. 1975.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"5-Samuel-Beckett-par-Gisele-Freund-Paris-1964\"
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FREUND, Gis\u00e8le, phot. BECKETT, Samuel. Paris, France. 1964. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n