Waiting For Godot

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, ÂTime catches up with genius ÂWaiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century.Â

The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someoneÂor somethingÂnamed 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 mankindÂs inexhaustible search for meaning. BeckettÂs 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.

Author: Samuel Beckett

Publisher: Evergreen

Released Date: 1982

ISBN: 9780802130341