Estragon, however, is French for Tarragon, a culinary herb. Aerith and Bob: Vladimir is a somewhat exotic name for Western Europe, but still real.Accidental Misnaming: For reasons which are never explained, the messenger boy always calls Vladimir 'Mister Albert'.Absurdism: One of the most famous examples of the Theatre of the Absurd, probably rivaled only by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and maybe The Bald Soprano.Has no relation to a certain coffee-loving prosecutor. During the course of the play they wonder where Godot is, eat carrots, contemplate suicide, wonder where Godot is, discuss the Gospels, share dirty jokes, wonder where Godot is, exchange hats, volley insults with each other, wonder where Godot is, and gradually succumb to existential angst and ennui.įamously described by one critic as 'a play in which nothing happens, twice.' Inspired, among other things, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and (surprisingly) Bottom. They have several brief but intense encounters with an Upper-Class Twit named Pozzo and his servant, Lucky. The story concerns these two guys, Vladimir and Estragon (Didi and Gogo for short), who spend most of their time hanging out by a tree on a lonely road in a barren and nondescript land, waiting for someone named Godot, who never comes. Probably the best known example of the Theatre of the Absurd. See also Absurd, Theatre of The.A famously surreal 'tragicomedy' by Samuel Beckett. Towards the end of each of the two acts, a boy arrives, heralding Godot's imminent appearance, but he does not come each act ends with the interchange between the two tramps, ‘Well, shall we go?’ ‘Yes, let's go’, and the stage direction, ‘They do not move.’ There are strong biblical references throughout, but Beckett's powerful and symbolic portrayal of the human condition as one of ignorance, delusion, paralysis, and intermittent flashes of human sympathy, hope, and wit has been subjected to many varying interpretations. They amuse themselves meanwhile with various bouts of repartee and word‐play, and are for a while diverted by the arrival of whip‐cracking Pozzo, driving the oppressed and burdened Lucky on the end of a rope. One of the most influential plays of the post‐war period, it portrays two tramps, Estragon and Vladimir, trapped in an endless waiting for the arrival of a mysterious personage named Godot.

Beckett, published in French as En attendant Godot, 1952, staged in French in Paris, 1953, first staged in English in Cambridge, 1955.

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