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Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett
Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, Nigel Anthony
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar. Waiting for Godot casts its spell as powerfully in this audiobook recording as it does on stage.

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©Beckett Estate (P)2005 Naxos Audiobooks Classics Drama & Plays European World Literature

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Clever but ridiculously prententious

Rescued by the outstanding performance but really just an intellectually, pretentious contrivance. Save your time.

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Great performance

This would have been a challenge to read but was a delight to listen to.

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What is this? Two retired sheep dogs conversing or what?

Sorry Samuel this was lost on me. I didn’t get it. I was scratching my head throughout…. I came to the conclusion that two intellectual retired sheep dogs were talking to each other and other dogs that walked by…. This is the best I could make out of it.

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