Irish literature Lady Says No!" (1929), and "The Moon in the Yellow River" (1931). While there no doubt that Samuel Beckett is an Irishman he lived much of his life in France and wrote several works first in French. His most famous plays are "Waiting for Godot" (1955) (originally "En attendant Godot", 1952), "Endgame" (originally "Fin de partie") (1957), "Happy Days" (1961), written in English, all of which profoundly affected British drama. In 1954, Behan's first play "The Quare Fellow" was produced in Dublin. It was well received; however, it was the 1956 production at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, London,
Pozzo (Waiting for Godot) the word, Pozzo is sometimes considered (nominally) the "antagonist" of "Waiting for Godot". Although he is not technically in opposition to the so-called heroes of the play (Vladimir and Estragon) he does bring chaos into their sheltered world. Upon his first entrance, he immediately goes about attempting to exert authority on the hapless "Didi" and "Gogo" by shouting at them, ordering them about, and generally making a nuisance of himself. Along the way he mercilessly abuses Lucky (physically and mentally) into performing menial and sometimes pointless tasks. However, despite his authoritative presence, he has the tendency of falling to pieces