Week Thirteen: Waiting for Godot

This week we will look at Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is one of the most important works of 20th century literature.We are trying this work out as a possible text to be included in the course. The emphasis of this week's assignment is to watch the play and to consider the question of whether you think the text still works for a 21st century audience and why or why not?  Below are several links to various performances involving the play:


Text of the Play

Full Performance

Link to video of Waiting for Godot Videogame, (Game is apparently no longer available.)

Waiting for Godot in post-Katrina New Orleans

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot 1985

Monsterpiece Theater: Waiting for Elmo

Janina Gavankar Waiting for Godot Song

Brief cuts from the Mark Taper Forum Production

Godot for Playmobile

Nathan Lane on Godot

Highlights from Performance by Graduates of the Freedom Theatre of the Jenin Refugee Camp

Some Scene Comparisons

Adaptation for Guinea Pig Theater

Recommended Film: Kevin Smith's Clerks