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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Fin de partie canonical 4

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Samuel Beckett ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticForm dialogue-driven play ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1957 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Royal Court Theatre, London ⓘ
linked to: Royal Court Theatre
genre Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation opera adaptation ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Clov ⓘ
Hamm ⓘ
Nagg ⓘ
Nell ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered one of Beckett’s major plays ⓘ
hasForm one act ⓘ
hasMotif games and endgames ⓘ
physical confinement ⓘ
hasRelationToWork often compared to Waiting for Godot ⓘ
hasStageDirectionFeature precise and restrictive stage directions ⓘ
hasStyle bleak tone ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
minimalist staging ⓘ
hasSubject breakdown of communication ⓘ
futility of action ⓘ
human condition ⓘ
influencedBy existentialist philosophy ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
Postmodernism ⓘ
notableDirector Roger Blin ⓘ
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 ⓘ
end of the world ⓘ
existential despair ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
routine and repetition ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 20th century ⓘ
translatedAs Endgame ⓘ
writer Samuel Beckett ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Endgame → originalTitle → Fin de partie ⓘ
Clov → originalWorkTitle → Fin de partie ⓘ
subject linked to: Clov is Hamm's servant
György Kurtág → notableWork → Fin de partie ⓘ