Waiting for Godot as a capitalist-aristocrat, and Lucky as labour-proletarian. This prompted Beckett to issue a rare statement, stating that the reaction was based on a misconception of the play. To Beckett, the play tries to not be able to be defined. The New York showing of the play was well-received with critics. Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times praised Lahr for his performance as Estragon. Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot ( ) is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while
Silence (1969 play) Silence (1969 play) Silence is a short play by Harold Pinter first performed in 1969. The première was given by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London on 2 July 1969, directed by Peter Hall. The cast was: The American première was given in 1970 by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, with Barbara Tarbuck, Robert Symonds and James Patterson, directed by Peter Gill. In the introduction to the first volume of his "Complete Plays", Pinter wrote: There are two silences. One when no word is spoken. The other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed. This speech is