Written in French and first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot. It was performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955, and was first published by Faber and Faber in 1956. To mark the centenary of Beckett's birth and fiftieth anniversary of its original publication, Faber is now publishing for the first time a bilingual edition of this great masterpiece. Subtitled 'a tragicomedy in two acts' and once famously described bu the Irish critic Vivian Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice.' Waiting for Godot is also uniquely a play that was written twice. Here, for the first time, the reader can watch it unfold simultaneously in two languages.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571229109
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3032391321
Product Key Features
Book Title
Waiting for Godot: a Tragicomedy in Two Acts
Author
Samuel Beckett
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Art, Literature, Plays
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
206mm
Item Width
136mm
Item Weight
330g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Samuel Beckett
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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