Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (bilingual)
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment by American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. Now in...
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From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment by American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. Now in honor of the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth, Grove Press is publishing a bilingual edition of the play. Originally written in French, Beckett translated the work himself, and in doing so chose to revise and eliminate various passages. With side-by-side text the reader can experience the mastery of Beckett's language and explore the nuances of his creativity.Upon being asked who Godot is, Samuel Beckett told Alan Schneider, "If I knew, I would have said so in the play." Although we may never know who we are waiting for, in this special edition we can rediscover one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802118219 (0802118216)
Publish date: March 13th 2006
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Perhaps the most interesting thing on this book is the absolute lack of interesting things within it :). But is just theater of the absurd so I think is really on topic :)
They don't lie when they say that 'Waiting for Godot" isn't for everyone, and that not everyone will understand it. For me I didn't really have an option on the matter as this was mandatory reading for my IB English curriculum. I found it to be the written equivalent of Dali or Picasso, whose work I...
خلال قراءتي للمسرحية حاولت إيجاد تفسير لثرثرتهم وفقاً لما ينعكس من واقعهم الاجتماعي المؤلم، حاولت إيجاد رابط ما بين الحرب و ما تجرّه من دمار ويأس عليهم وبين عبثية صاموئيل اللامتناهية على المسرح، بدت لي وكأنها حركة تمرد عفوية غير قابلة للإستيعاب، كأنها محاوله يائسة للتعبير عن التمرد الاجتماعي على الح...
خلال قراءتي للمسرحية حاولت إيجاد تفسير لثرثرتهم وفقاً لما ينعكس من واقعهم الاجتماعي المؤلم، حاولت إيجاد رابط ما بين الحرب و ما تجرّه من دمار ويأس عليهم وبين عبثية صاموئيل اللامتناهية على المسرح، بدت لي وكأنها حركة تمرد عفوية غير قابلة للإستيعاب، كأنها محاوله يائسة للتعبير عن التمرد الاجتماعي على الح...
Didi and Gogo are waiting for Godot. They are waiting, but he never comes. Every day, he sends a boy to inform them that he cannot come today and will definitely come tomorrow.This waiting is so boring for them. They even decide to hang themselves on a tree to escape from this boredom. Fortunately, ...
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