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 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 4 total roles, 0 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Grove Press
Year Published
2011
ISBN 10
080214442X
ISBN 13
9780802144423
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Print Length
128 pages
Language
English
LCC
PQ2603.E378 E53 2011
DCC
842/.914
eISBN 13
9780802198822
Print
Waiting For Godot is a British comedy / farce play written by and published by Grove Press in 2011. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780802144423 and an ISBN-10 of 080214442X.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9780802198822.

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