 come and go is a short play (described as a "dramaticule" on its title page) by samuel beckett. it was written in english in january 1965 and first performed (in german) at the schillertheater, berlin on 14 january 1966. its english language premiere was at the peacock theatre, dublin on 28 february 1966, and its british premiere was at the royal festival hall in london on 9 december 1968. it was written for and dedicated to the publisher john calder. some critics consider this one of beckett's most "perfect" plays: beckett agonized over each individual line until they exactly matched his creative vision. the play varies between "121 and 127 words"knowlson, j. and pilling, j., frescoes of the skull (london: john calder, 1979), p 121 in length, depending on the translation (his notes are significantly longer than the actual play), and as such is rarely performed on its own. ==synopsis== {| class="wikitable" align="left" |+successive positionsbeckett, s., the complete dramatic works (faber & faber, 2006) p 356 |- | 1 | flo | vi | ru |- | 2 | flo | | ru |- | | | flo | ru |- |3 | vi | flo | ru |- |4 | vi | | ru |- | | vi | ru | |- |5 | vi | ru | flo |- |6 | vi | | flo |- | | | vi | flo |- |7 | ru | vi | flo |} the play opens with three similar figures of "indeterminable"beckett, s., collected shorter plays of samuel beckett (london: faber and faber, 1984), p 193 age, flo, vi, and ru, sitting quietly on a narrow bench like seat surrounded by darkness. they are childhood friends who once attended "miss wade's"beckett, s., collected shorter plays of samuel beckett (london: faber and faber, 1984), p 194 together and sitting side by side in this manner is something they used to do in the playground back then. the three characters â unusually for beckett â wear colourful full-length coats, albeit now dulled over time; they are effectively three faded flowers. "drab nondescript hats â¦ shade [their] faces."beckett, s., collected shorter plays of samuel beckett (london: faber and faber, 1984), p 196 vi's opening line recalls the three witches of shakespeare's macbeth: "when did we three last meet?" ("when shall we three meet again?" - macbeth: act 1, scene 1). "their names, especially ru's, recall the names of the flowers which ophelia distributes to king claudius and his court in her mad scene"roche, a., samuel beckett:the great plays after godot, samuel beckett â 100 years (dublin: new 
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