Word: timeless
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...original of a play exists only in the manuscript. It also exists in the general kind of staging which made the play a classic: sometimes it is preserved on celluloid, other times it becomes a Platonic form of a performance of that play. With Endgame, it is a timeless, barren interior of grey lighting. That aspect of the play could be 'lost' if it became popularly believed that Beckett's Endgame should be staged in some ornate, bizarre interior. This danger of losing the original is especially great with a minimalist play where there is no clear historical context...
...right, Beckett et al would be well advised to note that even if the playwright's name is still be revered among the true believers, his work is not so timeless that it could not benefit from a quick boost by those who'd like to see Samuel Beckett become more than a Cold War artifact...
...Happily, it's a timeless morality play that you can cast according to your own definition of good and evil," Carter, a former State Department spokesman, says of the race. "But no matter who wins, Lucifer or the Angel, the battle will...
...timeless morality play that you can cast according to your own definition of good and evil. But no matter who wins, Lucifer or the Angel, the battle will go on." --Hodding Carter
...subplots smoothly unfold. Look for the predictable (and typically Shakespearean) swordfights, women dressing like men, hidden identities, a death or two, an ending with two marriage engagements, and the requisite comic relief--basic ingredients for 17th century drama. The play, however, is not dated since it grapples with timeless questions such as the nature of truth, dreams and illusion. Yet with a monologue that closes on "Since life is a dream at best, and even dreams themselves are dreams," and lines like "Is the truth not what it seemed," and "To live is but to dream," the message seems...