<p>Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett,<i> Endgame</i> was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957.<br><br><i>HAMM: Clov!<br>CLOV: Yes.<br>HAMM: Nature has forgotten us.<br>CLOV: There''s no more nature.<br>HAMM: No more nature! You exaggerate.<br>CLOV: In the vicinity.<br>HAMM: But we breathe, we change! We lose our hair our teeth! Our bloom! Our ideals!<br>CLOV: Then she hasn''t forgotten us.</i></p>