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About the Play
Beckett's existential masterpiece exploring the fultility of man's hope.
Story:
In Waiting for Godot, two wandering tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree, to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place and memory are blurred and meaning is where you find it. The tramps hope that Godot will change their lives for the better. Instead, two eccentric travelers arrive, one man on the end of the other's rope. The results are both funny and dangerous in this existential masterpiece.
Fun Fact
Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts".
The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett by C. J. Ackerley
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- John Golden Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 19, 1956
- Total Performances
- 60
- Original Cast
- Bert Lahr, E. G. Marshall, Alvin Epstein, Kurt Kasznar, Luchino Solito de Solis
- Director
- Herbert Berghof
- Producer
- Michael Myerberg
- Scenic Design
- Louis Kennel
- Costume Design
- Stanley Simmons
1957 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre
- Opening Night
- Jan 21, 1957
- Total Performances
- 6
- Original Cast
- Bert Chamberlain, Geoffrey Holder, Earle Hyman, Rex Ingram, Mantan Moreland
- Director
- Herbert Berghof
- Producer
- Michael Myerberg
- Scenic Design
- Louis Kennel
- Costume Design
- Stanley Simmons
2009 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Studio 54
- Opening Night
- Apr 30, 2009
- Total Performances
- 84
- Original Cast
- John Glover, John Goodman, Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane, Matthew Schechter
- Director
- Anthony Page
- Producer
- Roundabout Theatre Company
- Scenic Design
- Santo Loquasto
- Costume Design
- Jane Greenwood
- Lighting Design
- Peter Kaczorowski
- Sound Design
- Dan Moses Schreier
2013 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Cort Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 24, 2013
- Total Performances
- 77
- Original Cast
- Billy Crudup, Shuler Hensley, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Colin Critchley, Aidan Gemme
- Director
- Sean Mathias
- Producer
- Stuart Thompson, NOMANGO Productions, Jon B. Platt and Elizabeth Williams/Jack M. Dalgleish
- Scenic Design
- Stephen Brimson Lewis
- Costume Design
- Stephen Brimson Lewis
- Lighting Design
- Peter Kaczorowski
- Sound Design
- Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen
- Projection Design
- Zachary Borovay
1961 TV Version
- Movie Name
- Waiting for Godot
- Type
- Made for TV Movie
- Director
- Alan Schneider
- Screenplay
- Samuel Beckett
- Starring
- Burgess Meredith, Zero Mostel, Kurt Kasznar
2001 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Waiting for Godot
- Type
- TV Mini-Series
- Director
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Starring
- Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford
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2024 Outer Critic Circle Award Nominations
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play - Paul Sparks
2009 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival Of A Play
Best Featured Actor In A Play - John Glover
Best Costume Design Of A Play
2009 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Revival Of A Play
Outstanding Actor In A Play - Bill Irwin
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