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Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett

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Synopsis:

Subtitled ‘A tragicomedy in two acts’, and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which ‘nothing happens, twice’, En attendant Godot was first performed at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and opened as Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955.

‘I told [Ralph] Richardson that if by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.This seemed to disappoint him greatly.’ - Samuel Beckett to Barney Rosset, 18 October 1954.

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Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Playscripts

Genres & Themes:

Absurdism; Beckett; Icons; Modernism

Awards & Prizes:

Nobel Prize in Literature - Winner 1969

Belongs to:

Series: Samuel Beckett