Waiting for Godot

E117439

absurdist play play theatre work

Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Waiting for Godot canonical	10
En attendant Godot	3
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)	2
Waiting for Godot (stage performance)	1
Waiting for Godot (stage performances)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	absurdist play ⓘ play ⓘ theatre work ⓘ
author	Samuel Beckett ⓘ
character	Boy ⓘ Lucky ⓘ Pozzo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
directorOfPremiere	Roger Blin ⓘ
dramaticForm	dialogue-driven ⓘ
firstEnglishLanguageProductionDate	1955-08-03 ⓘ
firstEnglishLanguageProductionPlace	Arts Theatre, London ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1953-01-05 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Théâtre de Babylone, Paris ⓘ
genre	Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ existentialist drama ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	film adaptations ⓘ radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
hasSymbol	boots ⓘ hat ⓘ leafless tree ⓘ
influenced	modernist theatre ⓘ postmodern drama ⓘ
languageStyle	minimalist ⓘ repetitive dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter	Estragon ⓘ Vladimir ⓘ
movement	Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ
notableProduction	1956 Broadway production ⓘ
numberOfActs	2 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	Waiting for Godot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: En attendant Godot
publicationDate	1952 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	Les Éditions de Minuit ⓘ
setting	a country road with a single tree ⓘ
structure	circular ⓘ
subjectOf	extensive literary criticism ⓘ
theme	absurdity of human existence ⓘ existentialism ⓘ friendship ⓘ hope and despair ⓘ human condition ⓘ meaninglessness ⓘ religion and salvation ⓘ waiting and time ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation	post-World War II era ⓘ
translatedBy	Samuel Beckett ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Beckett → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Faber and Faber → publishedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Ian McKellen → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waiting for Godot (stage performances)

Billie Whitelaw → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Patrick Stewart → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Theatre of the Absurd → hasNotablePlay → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Beckett → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Beckett

Beckett → titleInOriginalLanguage → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

subject surface form: Waiting for Godot

this entity surface form: En attendant Godot

Waiting for Godot → originalTitle → Waiting for Godot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: En attendant Godot

Endgame → relatedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Les Éditions de Minuit → publishedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

this entity surface form: En attendant Godot

Grove Press → publishedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Sean Mathias → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)

Sean Mathias → directed → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)

Jack MacGowran → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waiting for Godot (stage performance)

Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot → basedOn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot → originalWorkTitle → Waiting for Godot ⓘ