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Waiting for Godot
A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
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Waiting for Godot
New edition of the absurdist classic.
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett is a wonderfully surreal and thought provoking black comedy from the winner of the Nobel Prize and author of plays such as Murphy and Endgame.
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Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.
This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterise the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Go and see Waiting for Godot. At the worst you will discover a curiosity, a four-leaved clover, a black tulip; at the best, something that will securely lodge in the corner of your mind for as long as you live. - Harold Hobson, Sunday Times, 1955
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is often regarded as a quintessential example of absurdist theatre, with its exploration of themes such as existentialism and the human condition. Critics frequently highlight the play's minimalist setting and dialogue, which evoke a sense of timelessness and universality. Reviews generally praise Beckett's innovative narrative style and the way he challenges traditional storytelling, while also noting the complexity and depth of the characters' interactions and existential musings.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571229116
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 January 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 110g
Pages: 96
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About the Author
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. He made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War Two. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot bought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theatre of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. Beckett continued to write prolifically for radio, TV and the theatre until his death in 1989.
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