You wait for ages and then all of a sudden - nothing happens (Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett)

Member Name: Motley

Product:	Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
Date:	21/08/00 (46 review reads)
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Waiting for Godot is a classic and it seems to be either loved or hated by those who have read, seen or studied it. It is unsual, to say the very least, but when I studied, then saw and then stage managed this play, I grew to love it.

Beckett has written a play about two old tramps (more or less), Vladimir and Estragon, who sit and wait for ever for a 'Godot' who never comes. We are never told why, or who Godot is (although it is a he)and much of teh attraction of this play is because so much is left up to the imagination of the viewer or reader.

I had to see it in order to enjoy it. For me, it didn't come off the page very well. I would recommend it, though. It's a great play.

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