Fin de partie
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Fin de partie is a one-act absurdist play by Samuel Beckett that portrays the bleak, darkly comic end-stage of four characters trapped in a bare, confined space.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | dialogue-driven play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Royal Court Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Theatre of the Absurd
NERFINISHED
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
opera adaptation
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radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Clov
NERFINISHED
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Hamm NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagg NERFINISHED ⓘ Nell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | considered one of Beckett’s major plays ⓘ |
| hasForm | one act ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
games and endgames
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physical confinement ⓘ |
| hasRelationToWork | often compared to Waiting for Godot ⓘ |
| hasStageDirectionFeature | precise and restrictive stage directions ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
bleak tone
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dark comedy ⓘ minimalist staging ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
breakdown of communication
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futility of action ⓘ human condition ⓘ |
| influencedBy | existentialist philosophy ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism
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Postmodernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDirector | Roger Blin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProduction | 1957 original production at the Royal Court Theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Samuel Beckett’s dramatic works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| setting | bare interior room ⓘ |
| structure | continuous action without scene breaks ⓘ |
| theme |
dependency and power
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end of the world ⓘ existential despair ⓘ isolation ⓘ mortality ⓘ routine and repetition ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| translatedAs | Endgame ⓘ |
| writer | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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