WaITInG FoR Godot

 

 

 

Waiting for Godot 
Act 1 Act 2

Esperando a Godot 
Parte 1 | Parte 2 | Parte 3 | Parte 4 | Parte 5

 

WORK IN TWO ACTS

 

In the original french, piéce en deux acfes; in the english editions, a Tragicomedy in two acts. How everybody know, Samuel Beckett published first the work in french; this text, like the english version realized by the proper author, it has sufferd during the time numerous and successives alterations.

The first french version of En attendant Godot was published by Les Éditions de Minuit, París, in September of 1952 (2.a ed., 1956; 3.aed., 1970). The american version of Waiting for Godot was published by Grove Press, New York, in 1954. The first english version of Waiting for Godot was published by Faber and Faber, London, in 1956 (2.a ed., 1965).

En attendant Godot was opened the 5th of January of 1953 in the Théatre Babylone, of Paris, behind the direction of Roger Blm and the scenes of Sergio Gerstein, with the following cast:

ESTRAGON Pierre LATOUR

VLADIMIR Lucien RAIMBOURG

LUCKY Jean MARTIN

POZZO Roger BLIN

UN JEUNE GARÇON ... Serge LECOINTh

The first performance in Grein Britain of Waiting for Godot took place in the Arts Théatre, of Londres, the 3rd of august of 1955. The direction was in charge of Peter Raíl and the scenes were of Peter Snow. The cast was the following:

ESTRAGON Peter WooDTHORPE

VLADIMIR. Paul DANEMAN

LUCKY... Timothy BATESON

POZZO Peter BULL

A BOY Michael WALKi~R

 

 

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