Endgame | Essays and Criticism

  • Beckett's Endgame

    McDaniel is a writer with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. In the following essay, McDaniel discusses Beckett’s Endgame.

  • Life in the Box

    In the following essay, Kenner discusses the elements of the game of chess found in Endgame and how the physical dimensions of the stage contribute to the play’s focus.

  • Endgame: The Playwright Completes Himself

    In the following essay excerpt, Homan examines Hamm’s ‘‘creation.’’

  • Son of Oedipus

    In the following essay excerpt, Fletcher and Spurling identify the structure of Endgame, then examine how its various elements such as subject matter and physical objects fit into that structure.