Endgame

The title Endgame is used for a 1957 play by Beckett and for a 2009 film about the negotiations between the Nationalist Government and the ANC.

Endgame, the play (1957)

Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a one-act play with four characters, written in a style associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. It was originally written in French (entitled Fin de partie); as was his custom, Beckett himself translated it into English. The play was first performed in a French-language production at the Royal Court Theatre in London, opening on 3 April 1957. It is commonly considered, along with such works as Waiting for Godot, to be among Beckett's most important works.

Performance history in South Africa

It was staged by CAPAB in the Hofmeyr Theatre as part of its lunchtime theatre programme in 1968.

A multiracial version was done at The Space (Cape Town) in 1976, directed by Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis with Bill Curry, Keith Grenville, Chris Galloway and Molly Thompson. Designed by John Nankin and Adrian Kohler, stage managed by Tony Scholtz and Totti Ebrahim. Not well attended, possibly because of the riots and the fact that audiences may not have wanted to be reminded of the situation in the country.

CAPAB October/November 1987, Nico Arena, as double bill with Krapp's Last Tape.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_(play)

Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.

Endgame the film (2008)

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