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Waiting for Godot

American  
[guh-doh] / gəˈdoʊ /

noun

  1. a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.


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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

I say, it's like a "Waiting for Godot" moment.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2021

"Pass Over," a modern twist on "Waiting for Godot," was sold out for its first preview at the August Wilson Theatre in Manhattan.

From Reuters Aug. 5, 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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