Samuel Beckett

The sound the little pills make in the plastic container they come in is of a musical instrument, a castenet used by one of Bob Dylan's backup singers in the 1970's.

This late, should two be taken or one? If one's taken one might not work, if two are taken two might be too many?

Two are taken.

Nothing more remarkable than sleep commences, nothing more remarkable.

We know we are civilized when we can laugh at our misery and know why we are laughing.

Samuel Beckett's Endgame is at the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, through June 9, 2012.

The curtain there is red.