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Name: Waiting for Godot
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Samuel Beckett

First performed at the Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, *Waiting for Godot* has become a pivotal work of twentieth‑century drama. Written originally in French and later revised in English by Beckett himself, the bilingual edition offers readers side‑by‑side text to appreciate the play’s linguistic rigor and thematic ambiguity. The play centers on two characters who await the arrival of an enigmatic figure named Godot, whose identity remains deliberately unresolved, making the work a celebrated allegory of human longing and uncertainty.

First publish date: 2006

Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama

Authors: Samuel Beckett

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