Waiting for Godot
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Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ ⓘ GOD-oh[1]) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives.[2] Waiting for Godot is Beckett's reworking of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts".[3]
Waiting for Godot | |
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Written by | Samuel Beckett |
Characters | Vladimir Estragon Pozzo Lucky A Boy |
Mute | Godot |
Date premiered | 5 January 1953; 71 years ago (1953-01-05) |
Place premiered | Théâtre de Babylone [fr], Paris |
Original language | French |
Genre | Tragicomedy (play) |
The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949.[4] The premiere, directed by Roger Blin, was on 5 January 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone [fr], Paris. The English-language version premiered in London in 1955. In a poll conducted by the British Royal National Theatre in 1998/99, it was voted the "most significant English-language play of the 20th century".[5][6][7]