Waiting For Godot
by Samuel Beckett

Waiting For Godot Book Cover
Waiting For Godot Cover

Synopsis

From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, "Waiting for Godot" has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama.

As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius....

"Waiting for Godot" is one of the masterpieces of the century."

The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot.

Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness.

The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning.

Beckett's language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post- World War II Europe.

His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 3 total roles, 0 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year Published
2006
ISBN 10
0571229115
ISBN 13
9780571229116
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Main
Print Length
96 pages
Language
English
LCC
PQ2603.E378E513 2006
Print
Waiting For Godot is a British play written by and published by Faber & Faber in 2006. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780571229116 and an ISBN-10 of 0571229115.
Digital
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