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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for the text back. Waiting for the results. Waiting for your life to start. Vladimir and Estragon have been waiting since 1953. 🌳
Who it's for
Vladimir and Estragon spend two days by a bare tree waiting for Godot, who sends word each evening that he will come tomorrow.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Samuel Beckett's two-act play follows Vladimir and Estragon, who wait by a single tree on a country road for someone called Godot. They pass the time with conversation, bickering and routines, and encounter Pozzo and his servant Lucky. At the end of each act a boy arrives with word that Godot will come tomorrow, and the second act echoes the first with small differences.
Where to find it
In print (Grove Press; Faber in the UK), in libraries (Libby/Hoopla); audio recordings of the play exist. Not public domain. Filmed in 2001 for the Beckett on Film project.
Before you start
Heads up: Comic talk of suicide and beatings.
Age: Ages 12+
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
