Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
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Waiting for Godot

Written by Samuel Beckett
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Performed across the globe by some of the world’s most iconic performers, Samuel Beckett’s indelible masterpiece remains an unwavering testament of what it means to be human. 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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780802144423
    Publication Date
    May 17, 2011
    Publisher
    Grove Press
    Original Publication Date
    April 1, 1952
    Page Count
    85
    Audience
    Adult
    Lexile® Level
    NPL
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~A
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    2
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    43313
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    UG

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