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on again. ]
ESTRAGON: I’m going.
[
Silence
.]
VLADIMIR: Will you not play?
ESTRAGON: Play at what?
VLADIMIR: We could play at Pozzo and Lucky.
ESTRAGON: Never heard of it.
VLADIMIR: I’ll do Lucky, you do Pozzo. [ He imitates LUCKY sagging under the weight of his baggage. ESTRAGON looks at him with stupefaction. ]Go on.
ESTRAGON: What am I to do?
VLADIMIR: Curse me!
ESTRAGON: [ After reflection. ]Naughty!
VLADIMIR: Stronger!
ESTRAGON: Gonococcus! Spirochaete!
[ VLADIMIR sways back and forth, doubled in two. ]
VLADIMIR: Tell me to think.
ESTRAGON: What?
VLADIMIR: Say, Think, pig!
ESTRAGON: Think, pig!
[ Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: I can’t.
ESTRAGON: That’s enough of that.
VLADIMIR: Tell me to dance.
ESTRAGON: I’m going.
VLADIMIR: Dance, hog! [ He writhes. Exit ESTRAGON left, precipitately. ]I can’t! [ He looks up, misses ESTRAGON .] Gogo! [ He moves wildly about the stage. Enter ESTRAGON left, panting. He hastens towards VLADIMIR , falls into his arms. ]There you are again at last!
ESTRAGON: I’m accursed!
VLADIMIR: Where were you! I thought you were gone for ever.
ESTRAGON: They’re coming!
VLADIMIR: Who?
ESTRAGON: I don’t know.
VLADIMIR: How many?
ESTRAGON: I don’t know.
VLADIMIR: [ Triumphantly. ]It’s Godot! At last! Gogo! It’s Godot! We’re saved! Let’s go and meet him! [ He drags ESTRAGON towards the wings. ESTRAGON resists, pulls himself free, exit right. ]Gogo! Come back! [ VLADIMIR runs to extreme left, scans the horizon. Enter ESTRAGON right, he hastens towards VLADIMIR , falls into his arms. ] There you are again again!
ESTRAGON: I’m in hell!
VLADIMIR: Where were you?
ESTRAGON: They’re coming there too!
VLADIMIR: We’re surrounded! [ ESTRAGON makes a rush towards back. ]Imbecile! There’s no way out there. [ He takes ESTRAGON by the arm and drags him towards front. Gesture towards front. ]There! Not a soul in sight! Off you go. Quick! [ He pushes ESTRAGON towards auditorium, ESTRAGON recoils in horror. ]You won’t? [ He contemplates auditorium. ]Well, I can understand that. Wait till I see. [ He reflects. ]Your only hope left is to disappear.
ESTRAGON: Where?
VLADIMIR: Behind the tree, [ ESTRAGON hesitates. ]Quick! Behind the tree, [ ESTRAGON goes and crouches behind the tree, realizes he is not hidden, comes out from behind the tree. ]Decidedly this tree will not have been of the slightest use to us.
ESTRAGON: [ Calmer. ]I lost my head. Forgive me. It won’t happen again. Tell me what to do.
VLADIMIR: There’s nothing to do.
ESTRAGON: You go and stand there. [ He draws VLADIMIR to
extreme right and places him with his back to the stage.
] There, don’t move, and watch out. [ VLADIMIR scans horizon, screening his eyes with his hand, ESTRAGON runs and takes up same position, extreme left. They turn their heads and look at each other. ]Back to back like in the good old days! [ They continue to look at each other for a moment, then resume their watch. Long silence .]Do you see anything coming?
VLADIMIR: [ Turning his head. ]What?
ESTRAGON: [ Louder. ]Do you see anything coming?
VLAMIDIR: No.
ESTRAGON: Nor I.
[ They resume their watch. Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: You must have had a vision.
ESTRAGON: [ Turning his head. ]What?
VLADIMIR: [ Louder. ]You must have had a vision!
ESTRAGON: No need to shout!
[ They resume their watch. Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: Oh, pardon!
ESTRAGON: Carry on.
VLADIMIR: No no, after you.
ESTRAGON: No no, you first.
VLADIMIR: I interrupted you.
ESTRAGON: On the contrary.
[ They glare at each other angrily. ]
VLADIMIR: Ceremonious ape!
ESTRAGON: Punctilious pig!
VLADIMIR: Finish your phrase, I tell you!
ESTRAGON: Finish your own!
[ Silence. They draw closer, halt. ]
VLADIMIR: Moron!
ESTRAGON: That’s the idea, let’s abuse each other.
[ They turn, move apart, turn again and face each other. ]
VLADIMIR: Moron!
ESTRAGON: Vermin!
VLADIMIR: Abortion!
ESTRAGON: Morpion!
VLADIMIR:
ESTRAGON: I’m going.
[
Silence
.]
VLADIMIR: Will you not play?
ESTRAGON: Play at what?
VLADIMIR: We could play at Pozzo and Lucky.
ESTRAGON: Never heard of it.
VLADIMIR: I’ll do Lucky, you do Pozzo. [ He imitates LUCKY sagging under the weight of his baggage. ESTRAGON looks at him with stupefaction. ]Go on.
ESTRAGON: What am I to do?
VLADIMIR: Curse me!
ESTRAGON: [ After reflection. ]Naughty!
VLADIMIR: Stronger!
ESTRAGON: Gonococcus! Spirochaete!
[ VLADIMIR sways back and forth, doubled in two. ]
VLADIMIR: Tell me to think.
ESTRAGON: What?
VLADIMIR: Say, Think, pig!
ESTRAGON: Think, pig!
[ Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: I can’t.
ESTRAGON: That’s enough of that.
VLADIMIR: Tell me to dance.
ESTRAGON: I’m going.
VLADIMIR: Dance, hog! [ He writhes. Exit ESTRAGON left, precipitately. ]I can’t! [ He looks up, misses ESTRAGON .] Gogo! [ He moves wildly about the stage. Enter ESTRAGON left, panting. He hastens towards VLADIMIR , falls into his arms. ]There you are again at last!
ESTRAGON: I’m accursed!
VLADIMIR: Where were you! I thought you were gone for ever.
ESTRAGON: They’re coming!
VLADIMIR: Who?
ESTRAGON: I don’t know.
VLADIMIR: How many?
ESTRAGON: I don’t know.
VLADIMIR: [ Triumphantly. ]It’s Godot! At last! Gogo! It’s Godot! We’re saved! Let’s go and meet him! [ He drags ESTRAGON towards the wings. ESTRAGON resists, pulls himself free, exit right. ]Gogo! Come back! [ VLADIMIR runs to extreme left, scans the horizon. Enter ESTRAGON right, he hastens towards VLADIMIR , falls into his arms. ] There you are again again!
ESTRAGON: I’m in hell!
VLADIMIR: Where were you?
ESTRAGON: They’re coming there too!
VLADIMIR: We’re surrounded! [ ESTRAGON makes a rush towards back. ]Imbecile! There’s no way out there. [ He takes ESTRAGON by the arm and drags him towards front. Gesture towards front. ]There! Not a soul in sight! Off you go. Quick! [ He pushes ESTRAGON towards auditorium, ESTRAGON recoils in horror. ]You won’t? [ He contemplates auditorium. ]Well, I can understand that. Wait till I see. [ He reflects. ]Your only hope left is to disappear.
ESTRAGON: Where?
VLADIMIR: Behind the tree, [ ESTRAGON hesitates. ]Quick! Behind the tree, [ ESTRAGON goes and crouches behind the tree, realizes he is not hidden, comes out from behind the tree. ]Decidedly this tree will not have been of the slightest use to us.
ESTRAGON: [ Calmer. ]I lost my head. Forgive me. It won’t happen again. Tell me what to do.
VLADIMIR: There’s nothing to do.
ESTRAGON: You go and stand there. [ He draws VLADIMIR to
extreme right and places him with his back to the stage.
] There, don’t move, and watch out. [ VLADIMIR scans horizon, screening his eyes with his hand, ESTRAGON runs and takes up same position, extreme left. They turn their heads and look at each other. ]Back to back like in the good old days! [ They continue to look at each other for a moment, then resume their watch. Long silence .]Do you see anything coming?
VLADIMIR: [ Turning his head. ]What?
ESTRAGON: [ Louder. ]Do you see anything coming?
VLAMIDIR: No.
ESTRAGON: Nor I.
[ They resume their watch. Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: You must have had a vision.
ESTRAGON: [ Turning his head. ]What?
VLADIMIR: [ Louder. ]You must have had a vision!
ESTRAGON: No need to shout!
[ They resume their watch. Silence. ]
VLADIMIR: Oh, pardon!
ESTRAGON: Carry on.
VLADIMIR: No no, after you.
ESTRAGON: No no, you first.
VLADIMIR: I interrupted you.
ESTRAGON: On the contrary.
[ They glare at each other angrily. ]
VLADIMIR: Ceremonious ape!
ESTRAGON: Punctilious pig!
VLADIMIR: Finish your phrase, I tell you!
ESTRAGON: Finish your own!
[ Silence. They draw closer, halt. ]
VLADIMIR: Moron!
ESTRAGON: That’s the idea, let’s abuse each other.
[ They turn, move apart, turn again and face each other. ]
VLADIMIR: Moron!
ESTRAGON: Vermin!
VLADIMIR: Abortion!
ESTRAGON: Morpion!
VLADIMIR:
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