 The play is shown as recorded, with no cuts, just one fixed long take.Beckett had originally calculated its length at 25 minutes but, in reality, the whole set was completed in nine-an-a-half minutes.During the end of the taping, Beckett saw the color production of "Quad " rebroadcast on a black and white monitor, and decided instantly to create a second part of the play, to be called "Quad II".