Waiting for Godot

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 9780802198822
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, “Time catches up with genius … Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century.” The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Author: Mark Taylor-Batty
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441156100
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 125

Book Description
"An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts." - David Bradby, co-editor of Contemporary Theatre Review Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is not only an indisputably important and influential dramatic text -it is also one of the most significant western cultural landmarks of the twentieth century. Originally written in French, the play first amazed and appalled Parisian theatre-goers and critics before receiving a harshly dismissive initial critical response in Britain in 1955. Its influence since then on the international stage has been significant, impacting on generations of actors, directors and audiences.

Waiting for Godot in New Orleans: A Field Guide

Author: Paul Chan
Publisher: Badlands Unlimited
ISBN: 1936440040
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 30

Book Description

Waiting for Godot

Author: Thomas Cousineau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives.

The Transformations of Godot

Author: Frederick Busi
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813131160
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
The Sopranos is recognized as the most successful cable series in the history of television. The Washington Post has called the popular series, winner of twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes, Òthe television landmark that leaves other landmarks in the dust.Ó In every aspectÑnarrative structure, visual artistry, writing, intertextuality, ensemble acting, controversial themes, dark humor, and unflinching examinations of American lifeÑThe Sopranos has had few equals. Offering a definitive final assessment of the series, The Essential Sopranos Reader aims to comprehensively examine the showÕs themes and enduring cultural significance. Gender and ethnicity, the role of dreams, the rebirth of HBO, the seriesÕ controversial finale, and other topics come under scrutiny in this highly accessible, engaging collection. The book concludes with an interview with Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior in all six seasons of the show.

Beckett: Waiting for Godot

Author: Lawrence Graver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521549387
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
This volume offers a comprehensive critical study of Samuel Beckett's first and most renowned dramatic work, Waiting for Godot, which has become one of the most frequently discussed, and influential plays in the history of the theatre. Lawrence Graver discusses the play's background and provides a detailed analysis of its originality and distinction as a landmark of modern theatrical art. He reviews some of the differences between Beckett's original French version and his English translation.

Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett, New Edition

Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438114303
Category : Comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
Presents a series of critical essays discussing the structure, themes, and subject matter of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

En Attendant Godot

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802118219
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
In honor of the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth, this bilingual edition of "Waiting for Godot" features side-by-side text in French and English so readers can experience the mastery of Beckett's language and explore the nuances of his creativity.

Endgame and Act Without Words

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802198813
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. Endgame, originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett’s characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.

The Cambridge Companion to Beckett

Author: John Pilling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521424134
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
The world fame of Samuel Beckett is due to a combination of high academic esteem and immense popularity. An innovator in prose fiction to rival Joyce, his plays have been the most influential in modern theatre history. As an author in both English and French and a writer for the page and the stage, Beckett has been the focus for specialist treatment in each of his many guises, but there have been few attempts to provide a conspectus view. This book, first published in 1994, provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of Beckett's work, some paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the 'trilogy' and Murphy). Other essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theatre directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett's bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. Reference material is provided at the front and back of the book.