Waiting for Godot

A London Classic Theatre production

by Samuel Beckett directed by Michael Cabot

 Beckett’s 60-year-old masterpiece is a ground-breaking meditation on the meaning of life and death. Moving seamlessly between absurdist comic sketch and captivating philosophical drama, it was voted the most significant english language play of the 20th century.

A country road. A tree. Evening. Vladimir and Estragon meet as dusk approaches. Estragon tries to remove his boot. Vladimir examines his hat. A conversation begins, a joke is interrupted. A carrot is eaten. The two men quarrel, then embrace. Unannounced, two eccentric travellers arrive . . .

Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, novelist and theatre director who is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of modern times. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. His plays include Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape and Happy Days. He died in 1989.