Suzanne Willett

All that Fall is a Beckett radio play from 1956.  I am going to focus on themes of death/mortality and indeterminacy for this post.  Death/mortality is referred to constantly; Maddy speaks a dead language, and there are continual references to aches and pains associated with aging.   Indeterminacy is textually weaved in with death throughout the script:  in Mr. Tyler’s comment, “Well half alive shall we say?”, Mrs. Rooney’s statement: “Don’t mind me, I do not exist.”, and Mis