The characters 'could have been borrowed from Rembrandt' or from Gerard ter Borch's Four Spanish Monks although no specific painting was suggested by Beckett himself as an inspiration. A single 'lack wide-brimmed hat' is sitting on the table. The other character, 'Reader’s' posture is similar the only difference being that he has a book in front of him open at the last pages. The character known as 'Listener' is facing the audience but his head is bowed and his face hidden. They are 's alike in appearance as possible' both wearing long black coats and possessing long white hair. Two old men are sitting at right angles to each other beside a rectangular table. 'It is the first Beckett play to present a Doppelgänger on stage, another Beckett pair, but this time seen as mirror images it belongs to Beckett’s ghost period, where phantoms that echo the haunting quality of memory and nostalgia in his work are seen or described on stage.' Synopsis Characters and action It was first performed on at the Stadium II Theater Alan Schneider directed with David Warrilow as 'Reader' and Rand Mitchell as 'Listener'. Beckett was uncomfortable writing to order and struggled with the piece for nine months before it was ready. Gontarski, who requested a dramatic piece to be performed at an academic symposium in Columbus, Ohio in honour of Beckett’s seventy-fifth birthday.

Written in English in 1980, it began as a favour to S.E.

Ohio Impromptu is a 'playlet' by Samuel Beckett.

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