Vivian Mercier (1919 - 1989) was an Irish literary critic. He was born in Clara, County Offaly, Ireland and educated first at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and then at Trinity College, Dublin. He is perhaps best known for his famous summation of the plot of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot": "nothing happens, twice." Ironically, despite what may sound like a somewhat disparaging criticism, … Wikipedia
Vivian Mercier was born in Clara, County Offaly, Ireland. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and at Trinity College Dublin, where he was a Scholar. After taking his doctorate at Trinity, he taught in American universities from the 1940 homepage.tinet.ie/~writing/04.VivianMercier.html
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