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New production of Waiting for Godot

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  • 31-10-2008 10:36pm
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    BenjAii
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    So there's to be a major new production of this with Gandalf & Captain Picaird.
    Can they possibly make it interesting ?

    I'm trying to read it at the moment (possibly not the best way to experience it), as I feel Samuel Beckett is a gap I need to fill in in my knowledge of Irish literature, but its hard going and I was a fan of Franz Kafka back in the day, so its not that I can't do tortured existentialism.

    I feel like I'm missing something, its held by many as the most important English language play of the 20th century; I'd just love to know what exactly it is I'm missing, it's not jumping out at me.


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    Judes
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    I know what you mean - first time I saw it I thought "WOT THE F..K" and then I saw another production a few weeks ago and I laughed a lot more and appreciated the humour and made my own conclusion as to what I "thought" it was all about. But maybe it's the scenario of the "Emperor's new clothes" i.e. everyone gets it - but not really!!!

    I saw Capt. Pic aka Patrick Stewart on the West End a few years ago with Joshua Jackson, in "A Life in the Theatre" - he's fantastic! And well worth seeing.

    So maybe this production of Waiting for Godot is the one worth waiting for!?*


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