So far my experience with what is called the Theatre of the Absurd has been very limited and not particularly enchanting. Therefore it was daring of me to pick of all things a play by the 1969 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), for the Back to the Classics Challenge...
HAMM. - Pourquoi ne me tues-tu pas?CLOV. - Je ne connais pas la combinaison du buffet.CLOV. - Ca redevient gai. (Il monte sur l'escabeau, braque sa lunette sur le dehors. Elle lui échappe des mains, tombe. Un temps.) J'ai fait exprès. (Il descend de l'escabeau, ramasse la lunette, l'examine, la braq...