using stage directions only, samuel beckett wrote a play

talk about peculiar! in 1956, samuel beckett penned a one act play entirely in stage directions. the above video is a performance from beckett’s act without words i. as with all beckett, use your own judgment when determining if it is right for you. for your reference, here is how the play starts (heads up: there is a lot of reflecting involved):

Desert. Dazzling light.

The man is flung backwards on sage from right wing. He falls, gets up
immediately, dusts himself, turns aside, reflects. Whistle from right wing.

He reflects, goes out right. Immediately flung back on stage he falls, gets up immediately, dusts himself, turns aside, reflects.

Whistle from left wing.

He reflects, goes out left.

Immediately flung back on stage he falls, gets up immediately, dusts himself, turns aside, reflects.

Whistle from left wing.

He reflects, goes towards left wing, hesitates, thinks better of it, halts, turns aside, reflects.