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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 43rd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,847th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 42nd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,846th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 41st performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,845th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 40th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,844th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 39th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,843rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 38th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,842nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 37th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,841st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 36th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,840th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 35th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,839th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 34th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,838th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 33rd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,837th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 32nd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,836th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 31st performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,835th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 30th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,834th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 29th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,833rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 28th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,832nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 27th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,831st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 26th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,830th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 25th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,829th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 24th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,828th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 23rd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,827th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 22nd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,826th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 21st performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,825th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 20th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,824th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 19th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,823rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 18th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,822nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 17th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,821st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 16th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,820th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 15th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,819th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 14th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,818th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 13th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,817th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 12th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,816th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 11th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,815th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 10th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,814th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 9th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,813th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 8th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,812th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 7th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,811th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 6th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,810th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 5th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,809th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 4th performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,808th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 3rd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,807th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 2nd performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,806th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 1st performance of today, 28th April 2026.
It is also the 323,805th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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