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All That Fall by Samuel Beckett
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An accessible but somewhat dated short play meant as a play for the radio. I read it while listening to the radio recordings. A mix between comedy and tragedy. Not quite my taste but I liked it. The elements and themes were pretty obvious (death, faith, modernisation, ageing (or rather decaying, pining away), relationships and the meaninglessness of life). It starts off humoristic and gets more grim and disillusioned along the way.

My overall conclusion is that you will not miss anything nor gain anything by reading this or not reading this. You won't really waste your time as our lives are filled with meaningless seconds, minutes, hours waiting for death anyway, and you will not gain anything either because of the inevitable decay and death that awaits. I would recommend listening as the soundeffects are exaggerated which adds an extra dimension to the play, making it artificial/surrealistic to me.

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