Two tramps are waiting by a sickly looking tree for the arrival of M. Godot. Notes: Waiting for Godot was voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century in a British Royal National Theatre poll of 800 playwrights, actors, directors and journalists.
Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 5 August 2010
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Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past 50 years and a cornerstone of 20th-century drama. This bilingual edition is in honor of the centenary of Beckett's birth. Originally written in French, Beckett translated the work himself, and in doing so chose to revise and eliminate various passages. With side-by-side text the reader can experience the mastery of Beckett's language and explore the nuances of his creativity. Upon being asked who Godot is, Samuel Beckett told Alan Schneider, "If I knew, I would have said so in the play."
Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 22 December 2009
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On Second Thoughts by Simon Brett
Fiction and humour writer Brett invents what might have been found in the imaginary wastepaper baskets of the famous and great from history. Things could have been very different if King Arthur had figured out the seating plan for a square table, if Picasso hadn't received the wrong prescription for his spectacles or if Ronald Reagan hadn't misspelled 'unclear' as 'nuclear' in his lost letter to Gorbachev
Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.53 | Fiction literature | 3 August 2008
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Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" is the fabulously inventive tale of "Hamlet" as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of "Waiting for Godot" resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.