Waiting for Godot, staging by Otomar Krejca, Avignon Festival, 1978 Written by Characters A Boy Mute Godot Date premiered 5 January 1953 ( 1953-01-05) Place premiered [], Paris Original language French Genre (play) Waiting for Godot ( ) is a play by, in which two characters, (Didi) and (Gogo), wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while waiting they engage in a variety of discussions and encounter three other characters. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) 'a in two acts'.
The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949. The premiere was on 5 January 1953 at the [], Paris.
The English language version was premiered in London in 1955. In a poll conducted by the British in 1990 it was voted the 'most significant English language play of the 20th century'. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Act I [ ] The play opens on an outdoor scene of two bedraggled companions: the philosophical and the weary who, at the moment, cannot remove his boots from his aching feet, finally muttering, 'Nothing to be done.' Vladimir takes up the thought loftily, while Estragon vaguely recalls having been beaten the night before. Finally, his boots come off, while the pair ramble and bicker pointlessly. When Estragon suddenly decides to leave, Vladimir reminds him that they must stay and wait for an unspecified person called Godot—a segment of dialogue that repeats often.
Unfortunately, the pair cannot agree on where or when they are expected to meet with this Godot. They only know to wait at a tree, and there is indeed a leafless one nearby. Eventually, Estragon dozes off and Vladimir rouses him but then stops him before he can share his dreams—another recurring activity between the two men. Estragon wants to hear an old joke, which Vladimir cannot finish without going off to urinate, since every time he starts laughing, a kidney ailment flares up.
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Rusi bavshvebis gaupatiureba. Upon Vladimir's return, the increasingly jaded Estragon suggests that they hang themselves, but they abandon the idea when the logistics seem ineffective. They then speculate on the potential rewards of continuing to wait for Godot, but can come to no definite conclusions. When Estragon declares his hunger, Vladimir provides a carrot (among a collection of turnips), at which Estragon idly gnaws, loudly reiterating his boredom. 'A terrible cry' heralds the entrance of, a silent, baggage-burdened slave with a rope tied around his neck, and, his arrogant and imperious master, who holds the other end and stops now to rest. Pozzo barks abusive orders at Lucky, which are always quietly followed, while acting civilly though tersely towards the other two.
Pozzo enjoys a selfish snack of chicken and wine, before casting the bones to the ground, which Estragon gleefully claims. Having been in a dumbfounded state of silence ever since the arrival of Pozzo and Lucky, Vladimir finally finds his voice to shout criticisms at Pozzo for his mistreatment of Lucky. Pozzo ignores this and explains his intention to sell Lucky, who begins to cry. Estragon takes pity and tries to wipe away Lucky's tears, but, as he approaches, Lucky violently kicks him in the shin.
Pozzo then rambles nostalgically but vaguely about his relationship with Lucky over the years, before offering Vladimir and Estragon some compensation for their company. Estragon begins to beg for money when Pozzo instead suggests that Lucky can 'dance' and 'think' for their entertainment. Lucky's dance, 'the Net', is clumsy and shuffling; Lucky's 'thinking' is a long-winded and disjointed —it is the first and only time that Lucky speaks. The begins as a relatively coherent and academic lecture on but quickly dissolves into mindless, escalating in both volume and speed, that agonises the others until Vladimir finally pulls off Lucky's hat, stopping him in mid-sentence. Pozzo then has Lucky pack up his bags, and they hastily leave. Vladimir and Estragon, alone again, reflect on whether they met Pozzo and Lucky before. A boy then arrives, purporting to be a messenger sent from Godot to tell the pair that Godot will not be coming that evening 'but surely tomorrow'.