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Performed across the globe by some of the world's most iconic performers, Samuel Beckett's indelible masterpiece remains an unwavering testament of what it means to be human.

From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in... Read Full Overview

A seminal work of twentieth-century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett's first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone, and has since become a cornerstone of twentieth-century theater. The story line revolves... Read Full Overview

From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment by 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... Read Full Overview

Esperando a Godot (en franc s: En attendant Godot), a veces subtitulada Tragicomedia en dos actos, es una obra perteneciente al teatro del absurdo, escrita a finales de los a os 40 por Samuel Beckett y publicada en 1952 por ditions de Minuit. Beckett escribi la obra originalmente... Read Full Overview

Subtitled 'A tragicomedy in two Acts', and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', En attendant Godot was first performed at the Th tre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett,... Read Full Overview

A classic of modern theatre and perennial favorite of colleges and high schools. "One of the most noble and moving plays of our generation . . . suffused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity . . . like a sharp stab of beauty and pain".--The London Times.