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Play · 1953

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Play · 1953 · Irish · Contemporary

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

Two companions wait for someone who does not arrive.

AbsurdismTragicomedyWaitingHopeTime

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Repetition changes slightly while refusing development. The play makes companionship, performance and waiting sustain one another without promising an eventual explanation.

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