Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Overview

In Waiting for Godot, two wandering tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree, to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place and memory are blurred and meaning is where you find it. The tramps hope that Godot will change their lives for the better. Instead, two eccentric travelers arrive, one man on the end of the other's rope. The results are both funny and dangerous in this existential masterpiece. 

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Details

  • Genre: Experimental
  • Time Period: 1950s, 1940s / WWII, 1930s, 1920s
  • Cast Attributes: All Men
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) is widely recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.

Mr. Beckett is most renowned for his play Waiting for Godot, which launched his career in theatre. He then went on to w ...

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