Waiting for Godot: A Darkly Humorous Play in Two Acts

Amazon Customer: The room was soothing, like a dream as the fire crackled in its place, singing a comforting like as Vladamir shifts in his nightgown,c crossing his legs over Estrogon warm lap. Estrogon laughs, stretching his arms back, before grasping ahold of his soft angle. The tension in the room grew thick as Vladamir leaned toward, batting his eyes before taking another sip of wine.
"The night was truly magical tonight wasn't it?" Estrgon laughs at his question. He smiles. "Darling, tonight was the best night of my life". Vladamir bats his eyes again. " Well I do know if one thing that could make the night even more magical" Estrogon unbuttons the first three on his white, flowy long sleeve. showing a forest of hair in his wake. This caught Vladamir in his breath. He was beautiful. He leans forward, grasping Estrgon in a passionate kiss.

Anways read this in school and it was really boring okie byeeeeeeeeeee

United States on Aug 04, 2023

MAURO: I get why the book is notorious. But it is severely lacking in the entertainment department. It's part of that modernist crap that cares more about style than substance. Luckily it's a quick, short read.

United States on Aug 02, 2023

janjan: makes you think and feel the characters emotions

United States on Jun 14, 2023

dalal fakhry: The book as the title is waiting, nothing happens. The meaning is we keep waiting in life for something to happen, a wish to come true, or our daily life in trafic, supermarket, in our daily jobs etc... We spend our time waiting for enlightenment, guidance, support and the truth about many things. The author shows the compassion and support from those close to us as it is with Vladimir and Estragon. I think it shows that we are waiting for God to lead us down the road.

United Kingdom on Aug 30, 2022

Norman Mc Neely: A play wrote by a man who is trying to make sense on the horrors of WW2 and the different facets of the human condition. Read it slowly and carefully. A few times.

Australia on Dec 26, 2021

Justsomereviewer: Just read it. It’s incredible

Canada on May 06, 2021

Giorgia Chiaro, Book-tique: I found Waiting for Godot bizarre, hilarious, grotesque, really enjoyable and easy to read. Behind this lightness I read something more deep, and I regret not having grasped all the nuances for the non-availability of e-books in Italian (I'm not English mother language), because I think I could have even more fun. After reading the book I just want to go see a representation to the theater!

Italy on Mar 04, 2020

katie sethna: The misery of 2 men waiting for Godot, day after day after assured appointments, makes a traji-comic read
How they fill in the time with semi-silly talk and meet other 3 quite mysterious persons , makes the body of the play
Ofcourse Godot(whoever he may have been) never turns up. The play is funny and sad.

India on Feb 12, 2016

Richard C. Geschke: After reading the screenplay of Waiting for Godot I did many things. I laughed, I scratched my head, I wondered who this Godot was and I tried to find the elusive plot and meaning of it all. In all, maybe it was Mr. Beckett's primary intention to have all the theater goers go mad!

The essence of this two act play revolves around two longtime friends by the names of Vladimir and Estragon who are in search of a character called Godot. The reader or theater goer never really knows who Godot is. Is it the search for God? Could be but who knows. Godot could represent anyone or anything.

Beckett gives the impression that Vladimir and Estragon are hobo-like characters who wear bowler's hats and carry on a most nonsensical and repetitious continuing conversation. In fact most of their dialogue is very much like Abbot and Costello's Who's On First. The dialogue goes in circles much like Abbot and Costello.
Also another comedy team comes to mind as I read on in what can only be called a farce of a play dominated by absurd allusions. As Vladimir and Estragon continue with their absurd conversations along comes two other characters which add more speculation into what seems...

United States on Oct 18, 2013

Gubio3: Waiting for Godot, End Game, Krapps Last Tape, and Happy Days are some of Samuel Beckett's best works. These plays are existential and very bleak. The heros of these plays are 'everyman.' These characters live dark, seemingly meaningless existences; however, what makes them heroic is that despite their dark oppressive lives, they continue trying. Happy Days is probably the brightest of all of these plays because it ends on a relatively positive note, but I think Waiting for Godot and End Game are Beckett's finest.

Waiting for Godot is about two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who are waiting in what seems like a post apocalyptic world, on a road, near a tree. What are they doing? They are waiting for Godot. We don't meet Godot. We don't really know who Godot is. He could be God. As they wait, they sort of discuss philosophical and biblical themes and ideas. These moments provide interesting insights on both. There is no plot. Nothing happens. And, we begin and end the play with these two characters on the road. However, the journey in Beckett's plays are not made by the characters. It is the viewers who are changed. We, along with these characters, are waiting....

United States on May 19, 2013