Waiting for Godot
Americannoun
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Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, tells the story of two friends who gather next to a barren tree, hoping to meet a man who never actually arrives.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
That, combined with reading Waiting for Godot in school, pushed him more seriously into performing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Its epicentre will be the town's Norbury Theatre, where Mayall first performed as a child in a production of Waiting for Godot.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
I say, it's like a "Waiting for Godot" moment.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2021
"Well," she said, tossing the hulking tome next to the library's copies of "Cat's Cradle" and "Waiting for Godot", "I didn't understand much of it anyway."
From Any Coincidence Is by Daniel Callahan
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