Waiting for Godot been blighted by a greedy ruling élite keeping the working classes passive and ignorant by whatever means." Vladimir and Estragon are often played with Irish accents, as in the Beckett on Film project. This, some feel, is an inevitable consequence of Beckett's rhythms and phraseology, but it is not stipulated in the text. At any rate, they are not of English stock: at one point early in the play, Estragon mocks the English pronunciation of "calm" and has fun with "the story of the Englishman in the brothel". "Bernard Dukore develops a triadic theory in "Didi, Gogo and the absent
LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) part of Ireland's contribution to the humanitarian response to the European migrant crisis. During the ship's cruise, more than 1,000 migrants were rescued. In one event, 111 people were rescued in a United Nations operation off the coast of Libya. The vessel was redeployed to the area in 2016, and on 17 November 2016 rescued 50 migrants who were on a rubber boat 25 Nautical Miles North-west of Tripoli. This brought the number of migrants rescued by the "Samuel Beckett" to 2310. LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) LÉ "Samuel Beckett" (P61) is a (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship