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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 41st performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,741st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 40th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,740th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 39th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,739th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 38th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,738th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 37th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,737th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 36th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,736th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 35th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,735th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 34th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,734th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 33rd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,733rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 32nd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,732nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 31st performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,731st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 30th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,730th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 29th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,729th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 28th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,728th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 27th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,727th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 26th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,726th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 25th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,725th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 24th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,724th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 23rd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,723rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 22nd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,722nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 21st performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,721st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 20th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,720th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 19th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,719th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 18th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,718th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 17th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,717th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 16th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,716th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 15th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,715th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 14th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,714th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 13th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,713th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 12th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,712th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 11th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,711th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 10th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,710th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 9th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,709th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 8th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,708th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 7th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,707th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 6th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,706th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 5th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,705th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 4th performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,704th performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 3rd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,703rd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 2nd performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,702nd performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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This was the 1st performance of today, 18th June 2026.
It is also the 328,701st performance in total since the project launched on 1st February 2017.

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