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End/Lessness


Fail Better Productions


Lessness (1969) was written by Samuel Beckett from sixty sentences, lettered A1-10, B1-10, C1-10, D1-10, E1-10 and F1-10, and then shuffled into two "disorders". Rosemary Pountney re-shuffled these sentences in her book Theatre of Shadows (1988) and later recorded these sentences with Jonathan Heron to produce an 'endless' Lessness, in consultation with Edward Beckett. This is a digital prototype of a practice-based research project, created in collaboration with James Ball.




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This is the 35th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,979th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 34th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,978th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 33rd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,977th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 32nd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,976th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 31st performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,975th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 30th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,974th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 29th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,973rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 28th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,972nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 27th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,971st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 26th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,970th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 25th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,969th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 24th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,968th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 23rd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,967th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 22nd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,966th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 21st performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,965th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 20th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,964th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 19th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,963rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 18th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,962nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 17th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,961st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 16th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,960th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 15th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,959th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 14th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,958th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 13th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,957th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 12th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,956th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 11th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,955th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 10th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,954th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 9th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,953rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 8th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,952nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 7th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,951st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 6th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,950th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 5th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,949th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 4th performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,948th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 3rd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,947th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 2nd performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,946th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 1st performance of today, 15th December 2025.
It is also the 310,945th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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