Quotes Flashcards
Godot
Quote about others affirming their identity
‘On trouve toujours quelque chose, hein Didi, pour nous donner l’impression d’exister’
Godot
The ending of Godot allows what?
‘The beating of the other wing’
Jaspers
Godot
Beckett and musicality of his plays
‘Beckett’s genius in his dialogue is his scoring, not his “book”
Schechner
Godot
Beckett & Silence
[Beckett used the form of theatre as an opportunity] ‘to explore the blank spaces between words’
Godot
Makeshift words
‘The words have a makeshift sound because the silence was not wholly attained; they are the accompaniment to a stillness they disturb’
Theodor Adorno
Godot
Beckett on Proust (Silence)
‘When the boredom of living is replaced by the suffering of being’
Beckett on Proust
Godot
Vladimir Quote on silence and conversation
‘Dis quelque chose’ then ‘dis n’importe quoi’
Vladimir
Godot
Quote on lack of communication
E - Rien à faire
V - Je commence à le croire
Misinterpreting the comment about the boot as a comment about life
Godot
Beckett on symbols
‘No symbols where none intended’
Beckett
Huis Clos
Sartre on philosophy and theatre
‘Le théâtre est philosophique et la philosophie est dramatique’
Sartre
Huis Clos
Sartre on theatre and existentialism
[Theatre shows] ‘Un caractère en train de se faire, le moment du choix’
Sartre
Huis Clos
The name of the French occupation
‘La période en vase clos’
General
Huis Clos
Sartre’s word for characters of huis clos
Inexistentialisme
Huis Clos
Most famous line of huis clos
‘L’enfer c’est les autres’
Huis Clos
Existentialist quote from Huis Clos
‘Seul les actes décident de ce qu’on a voulu’
Inèz
