Endgame (play) Gascoyne starred in a staging of the play at both the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and HOME in Manchester. Endgame (play) Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a one-act play with four characters. It was originally written in French (entitled "Fin de partie"); 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 best works. The play was premiered on 3 April 1957 at the Royal Court Theatre,
Frances Beckett the Model Niland collection in Sligo. Another work, a portrait of Israel Leventon is at the Irish Jewish Museum. Beckett, who was called Cissie, married an antique dealer called William 'the Boss' Sinclair. They lived in Howth and had several children one of whom, Ruth Margaret (1911-33), known as Peggy, was one of two women who are both identified as having been Samuel Beckett's 'first love', the other being poet and medical doctor Ethna McCarthy. In the early 1920s the Sinclairs went to live in Germany, where they were often visited by Samuel Beckett. Cissie is said to have fostered