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Samuel Beckett on Film
 
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Endgame

Programme Outline

 

Zero VCR counter at first frame of film. Note: counter numbers may vary slightly on different VCRs.

00.04.03
Clov: Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished …

00.05.39
Hamm: Me - [he yawns] - to play. [He holds the handkerchief spread out before him.] Old stancher!

00.11.10
Nagg's head emerges from his bin.

00.15.25
Nell's head emerges from her bin.

00.24.55
Clov closes the lid on Nell's bin.

00.29.07
Clov: [picks up the telescope, turns it on auditorium.] I see … a multitude … in transports … of joy.

00.32.50
Clov: [Anguished, scratching himself.] I have a flea.

00.36.22
Hamm: Why don't you finish us? [Pause.] I'll tell you the combination of the larder if you promise to finish me.

00.38.14
Clov hands the toy dog to Hamm.

00.41.10
Hamm: I once knew a madman who thought the end of the world had come …

00.47.10
Hamm: It's finished, we're finished. [Pause.] Nearly finished. [Pause.] There'll be no more speech …

00.55.00
Nagg: It's natural. After all I'm your father. It's true if it hadn't been me it would have been someone else …

00.57.30
Hamm: Our revels now are ended …

01.05.00
Clov: If I don't kill that rat he'll die.
Hamm: That's right. [Exit Clov. Pause.] Me to play …

01.14.45
Clov reports seeing a small boy outside.

01.19.20
Hamm: … Me to play. [Pause. Wearily.] Old endgame lost of old, play and lose and have done with losing …

01.23.00
Hamm: Old stancher! [Pause.] You … remain.