Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, Nigel Anthony

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar. Waiting for Godot casts its spell as powerfully in this audiobook recording as it does on stage.

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Maybe better as a viewed play

Maybe I am just a philistine but just to listen to this play; I haven't read it or watched it yet. But just to listen to this play didn't really spellbound me.
It was a little tedious to wait w/ the characters, well voiced as they were. This just didn't do it for me.

Waiting for God.....ot.

A lot of different interpretations of this play's meaning have been proposed but I think the most obvious one, two men wrestling over their significance before an ever-elusive God, seems the most probable.

Thoughtful without being obvious or pedantic, often funny.

Great Book on Tape

What made the experience of listening to Waiting for Godot the most enjoyable?

The actors.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Didi and Gogo

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Great performance. No over acting. I could really get lost in the story.

Good

This is an interesting play during a time period where some theater was "the theater of the absurd". This play falls under that category, being set in one place the whole time with minimal scenery. The audible version was good...the only thing is that every once in a while I had to look in the text to see who was speaking. Usually I could tell the difference between the two main characters, but every once in a while I needed clarification as their voices are very similar. Overall, I enjoyed the story and voice acting very much.

Great short read

I love absurdity, this short play read was amazing. it was confusing enough to keep me interested but not enough to knock me away.