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Endgame, Samuel Beckett's Comic Dystopia

Stage Manager Sammy Ireland with actor Noel Koontz, Clov
Stage Manager Sammy Ireland with actor Noel Koontz, Clov

When you Google Endgame you get an American superhero film set in the future based on the Marvel Comics team the Avengers. When you add playwright Samuel Beckett, you get a play set in a timeless dystopia with a cast of four, none of whom are super heroes.

While completing an M.A.T. degree in English at Indiana University, George Walker began announcing for WFIU in 1967. Along with regularly hosting classical music shows, he interviews artists and reviews plays and operas.