Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
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Waiting for Godot

Author: Samuel Beckett

Narrator: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, and Nigel Anthony

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 02/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the twentieth century, was born on 13 April 1906. He died in 1989. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. His centenary will be celebrated throughout 2006 with performances of his major plays, but the most popular of them all will be, without doubt, the play with which he first made his name, Waiting for Godot. It opened the gates to the theatre of the absurd as four men appear on the stage, apparently with purpose but (perhaps) waiting for someone called Godot. It is stark, funny, bemusing and still deeply affecting half a century since its first production. In this new recording for audiobook, John Tydeman, for many years head of BBC Radio Drama, takes a fresh look at one of the milestones in Western drama. It follows the highly acclaimed recordings of Beckett’s Trilogy, Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable published by Naxos AudioBooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jibran on November 12, 2016

“What happened?" “Nothing happened.” “Why did nothing happen? “How would I know?” “You would know.” “I would?” “Yes.” “How I would know?” “Because you read it.” “Did I?” “Yes.“ “How do you know?” “It is on your shelf.” “So?” “You rated it.” “What does it mean?” “It means you have read it.” “Oh I have.” “So what happe......more

Goodreads review by Manny on September 23, 2014

ACT III VLADIMIR: They've called us back. ESTRAGON: For an encore? VLADIMIR: No, we're supposed to say what it means. [A pause] ESTRAGON: What what means? VLADIMIR: This play! We have to explain it. ESTRAGON: And then? VLADIMIR: [discouraged] I don't know. Maybe Godot will arrive. But again, maybe he won't......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 28, 2019

One of the most entertaining and uplifting stories you will ever come across. Every time I get done with this read I feel wonderful and inspired. Why? Because Beckett sees the truth about being human: there is Nothing to be done. And laughter is such a potent weapon against despair.......more

Goodreads review by هدى on February 17, 2021

We are no longer alone, waiting for ‎the night, waiting for Godot, waiting ‎for… waiting. كل شيء هنا يتافر ليعطيك نتيجة واحدة ‏ لا خلاص لا خلاص من أي نوع إنك محاصر.. مقيد.. لا تستطيع الهرب فأنت أصلا لا تستطيع الحركة دماغك محصور بأفكار معينة تقيدك قبل أن تسمح لك بالتمعن فيما حولك لتدرك أنك عاجز عن التحكم بأب......more