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Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a one-act play with four characters. It was originally written in French, entitled Fin de partie; as was his custom, Beckett himself translated it into English. The play was first performed in a French-language production at the Royal Court Theatre in London, opening on 3 April 1957. It is commonly considered, along with such works as Waiting for Godot, to be among Beckett's most important works.