In this respect, she is reminiscent of the two characters in Act Without Words II.

NBC in America broadcast a version of Act without Words II in 1966, directed by Alan Schneider.

What Act Without Words II has to say about this is that man is driven by a compulsive force that will never let him withdraw for long into inaction."

The quartet, which started performances in December 2007, begins with Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II and Rough for Theatre I before finishing with Eh Joe.

At the end of this second repeat, the play appears as if it is about to start again for a third time (as in Act Without Words II), but does not get more than a few seconds into it before it suddenly stops.

More than most playwrights, Beckett included in his texts highly detailed instructions on how they should be staged, directed and performed (two of them, "Act Without Words I" and "Act Without Words II," involve only directions to the performers).

He provided a "hypnotic" original score for a compilation of Beckett's short plays Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II, Rough for Theatre I and Eh Joe, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis and premiered in December 2007.