Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," a Tragicomedy for Our Times
Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let's go. [They do not move.] Samuel Beckett originally subtitled his 1953 play Waiting for Godot "a tragicomedy in two acts". Vivian Mercier, the critic for the Irish Times, dubbed it "a play in which nothing happens, twice." Two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait on the side of a country […] The full version of the article Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett's …