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Waiting for Godot

Two tramps are waiting by a sickly looking tree for the arrival of M. Godot. They quarrel, make up, contemplate suicide, try to sleep, eat a carrot and gnaw on some chicken bones. Two other characters appear, a master and a slave, who perform a grotesque scene in the middle of the play. A young boy arrives to say that M. Godot will not come today, but that he will come tomorrow. He does not come and the two tramps resume their vigil by the tree, which between the first and second day has sprouted a few leaves, the only symbol of a possible order in a thoroughly alienated world.

English
  • Originally Aired April 3, 1961
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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Name Type Role
Samuel Beckett Writer
Jack Kuney Producer
Barney Rosset Guest Star Self - Publisher, Grove Press
Kurt Kasznar Guest Star Pozzo
Jack Gilford Guest Star
Alvin Epstein Guest Star Lucky
Luke Halpin Guest Star The Boy
Burgess Meredith Guest Star Vladimir
Milo O’Shea Guest Star Presenter
Milo O'Shea Guest Star Presenter
Zero Mostel Guest Star Estragon
Worthington Miner Executive Producer
Alan Schneider Director