Waiting for Godot

When I saw the actors playing the main roles for this - Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, I knew this was a play I had to see. This sold-out quickly but was lucky enough to be on the phone for a few hours the day the tickets were on sale so I was only a few rows back on opening night. The plot is simple enough - two men - Vladimir (Stewart) and Estragon (McKellen) wait at a country road beside a tree waiting for a man they call Godot. Throughout the play it is not clear who Godot is or why they want to talk to him. While waiting they meet Pozzo (played by Simon Callow) and his servant who keeps tied to a rope and pulls along (played by Ronald ...  Read the complete review