Endgame

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Play Opened 10 March 2004, Closed 1 May 2004

Albery Theatre St Martin's Lane, London

Clov cannot sit down. The blind Hamm cannot get up. The shankless Nell and Nagg breath their last in ashbins. Like the final flames of a dying fire, Beckett's fools play out their fatal endgame.

Endgame is Samuel Beckett's finest and wittiest parable of human fate in a falling world.

The cast features Michael Gambon and Lee Evans along with Liz Smith and Geoffrey Hutchings. (Lee Evans is starring in the musical The Producers from 22 October 2004).

"This is a stunningly good production that derives its power from the inspired pairing of comedian Evans with Michael Gambon, a mighty, meaty giant of the stage. Endgame made me cry as well as laugh out loud" The Independent

"Gripping and entertaining" The Times

"Michael Gambon, surely the greatest actor of his generation, and Lee Evans create a tremendous double act" The Daily Telegraph

"Played to perfection by genius leads" The Sunday Times

"Matthew Warchus' West End production is outstanding" The Independent on Sunday

"Gambon triumphs! A virtuoso display of the art of acting" The London Evening Standard

"Lee Evans is intensely watchable and hilarious" The Independent

The following book is available to buy online from amazon.co.uk in the UK: Endgame: A Play in One Act, Followed by Act Without Words, a Mime for One Player by Samuel Beckett