Would you rather see a classic play by Samuel Beckett or a new one that is about him-specifically about that time early in his career when the Irish dramatist was in Paris befriending James Joyce? Most of you, presumably, would opt for the latter. After all, isn't it easier to read about great writers than to experience their more daunting works first hand? London's West End theatre is currently hosting a scenario that intriguingly revises this hypothesis. Beckett's bleak master-work, "Endgame", has just opened in a rare commercial revival at the Albery theatre, minutes away from "Calico", a Michael Hastings drama at the Duke of York's theatre that puts Beckett and Joyce centre-stage. How do the plays stack up?
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