Waiting for Godot



Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett and premiered in 1953. It follows two friends, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait by a tree for someone named Godot. The play has generated much controversy, with many critics and scholars arguing that it is an allegory of the cold war, having homoerotic overtones, or holding Biblical interpretations of Godot as God.

On Sesame Street, Telly and Grover wait for Elmo, on an episode of Monsterpiece Theater.

Connections

 * Nathan Lane played Estragon in the 2009 Broadway revival
 * Bill Irwin played Vladimir in the 2009 Broadway revival
 * John Goodman played Pozzo in the 2009 Broadway revival
 * John Glover played Lucky in the 2009 Broadway revival
 * Timothy Bateson played Lucky in the 1955 London show
 * Alan Stanford played Pozzo in the 2001 film