Comic Absurdity Drew Cast to 'Godot'

Nathan Lane leads an all-star cast in one of his favorite plays, 'Waiting for Godot,' Samuel Beckett's 20th-century existential classic. (May 1)

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[crosturtle]

@lailarani I've always loved this play and have seen it many times by different companies. But to see Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane do it was Astonishing. But really the heart of it is what are you talking about? For one you probably didn't see this production, but moreover every Shakespeare play in modern time is a reproduction. So in your opinion once it's done it's done. No more Shakespeare, Beckett, or Miller. Don't want to ruin it.

[lailarani]

why do people ruin things by reproducing them????

[mossfitz]

I´didn´t in any way suggest that he wrote the play during the thirties at all. Your text interpretation seems a little crude. His writing during the thirties contains all the elements which come together in Godot. The 2nd world war and the holocaust perhaps prepared the ground for its reception, not for the writing of the play itself.

[villiparis]

@mossfitz Beckett didn't write Waiting For Godot in the thirties, it was written after WW2. Whats haunting about this production is how bad it is.

[mossfitz]

@villiparis That´s an absurdly narrow view and, in terms of Beckett´s development as a writer through the thirties, demonstrably a false one.

[dvinedesigns]

That little boy, Cameron Clifford, is amazing!

[levozan]

i dont understand why the audience laugh about their own tragedy.

[grcirca1985]

I'd say Beckett already took care of the comedy and the poetry, too. All the actor needs to do is understand what's at stake for his character in every given situation.

[mossfitz]

Producing Godot, one needs only take care of the comedy and poetry. The tragedy takes complete care of itself.

Its really dumb when actors try to `play´ the meaninglessness of fate and all that - Hey guys, we´re human - we´re here right in the thick of it!

[meaninglessmovies]

this looks much freer and funnier than most Irish Productions of Godot.