Reader-Response Theory Texts - Endgame by Samuel Beckett (1957)

Is it the end of the world? Maybe, maybe not. It all depends on how you read Beckett's famous play Endgame.

What sort of "blanks" do we find in Endgame? And what effect do these blanks have on us as readers or viewers of the play?

Endgame has been read as a tragedy, a comedy, or a tragicomedy. Why do you think there is so much debate about what genre the play falls into?