Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot: A Reference Guide

Hutchings (English, U. Alabama-Birmingham) chronicles the arguments that have taken place about the play since its first performance in a small Paris theater in 1953, in order to help college and high school students and theatergoers make sense of what they just saw, and to help theater practitioners prepare to act in or direct it. He provides a summary of the play's plot, a description of the various texts and editions available, a discussion of the play's intellectual content, an essay on its meaning, an overview of its dramatic art, a history of its performance worldwide through 2004, and a bibliographic essay directing readers to further reading. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR