A classic of modern theatre and perennial favorite of colleges and high schools.
Although we may never know who we are Waiting for, in this special edition we can rediscover one of the most poignant and humorous allegories of our time..
Upon being asked who Godot is, Samuel Beckett told director Alan Schneider, If I knew, I would have said so in the play.
With side-by-side text, the reader can experience the mastery of Beckett\'s language and explore its nuances.
In doing so he chose to revise and eliminate various passages.
Beckett wrote the play in French and then translated it into English himself.
Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century. . . .
As Clive Barnes wrote, Time catches up with genius.
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Th tre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. like a sharp stab of beauty and pain.--The London Times. . . suffused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity . . .
One of the most noble and moving plays of our generation .
A classic of modern theatre and perennial favorite of colleges and high schools
