All That Fall (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: County Dublin, Ireland
- Principal Characters: Maddy Rooney, Dan Rooney, Mr. Barrell, Miss Flite
- Genres: Drama, Absurdist literature, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Blindness or blind persons, Marriage, Death or dying, Existentialism, Diseases, Ireland or Irish people
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story:
It was a fine summer Saturday in Boghill, a community in rural Ireland. In most respects, it was an ordinary day. Trains were expected to run on time. Things had remained unchanged in the enigmatic home of the widow which Maddy Rooney passed on her way to the railroad station to meet her husband Dan, who was returning at midday from work. This was a time when it was customary to work a five-and-a-half-day week. Everything that Maddy had learned about the condition of the spouses and dependents of those she encountered on her walk to the station had remained,...
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