Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's reworking of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts".
| Waiting for Godot | |
|---|---|
En attendant Godot, staging by Otomar Krejca, Avignon Festival, 1978 | |
| Written by | Samuel Beckett |
| Characters | Vladimir Estragon Pozzo Lucky A Boy |
| Mute | Godot |
| Date premiered | 5 January 1953 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre de Babylone, Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | Tragicomedy (play) |
The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949. The premiere, directed by Roger Blin, was on 5 January 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris. The English-language version premiered in London in 1955. In a poll conducted by the British Royal National Theatre in 1998/99, it was voted the "most significant English-language play of the 20th century".