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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This feels like the absurdist version of the Abbot and Costello “Who‘s on First” sketch. Can we leave? Not yet. We‘re waiting. For what? We‘re waiting for Godot.

Like somehow both really depressing and hilarious at the same time? 😆

Like most plays, it probably loses something on the page, so I would like to see a performance (live or recorded) at some point to really experience it.

Egg and cheese sandwich and iced berry hibiscus tea after the farmers‘ market while starting Waiting for Godot

Written and performed originally in French in 1953, this play is interpreted as humans‘ inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett‘s minimalistic language evoked an existential literary wave in post-World War II Europe. It‘s impossible to rate but seems to stand alone in its absurd nature, and produces subjective reactions from readers/watchers. What are we waiting (or striving) for, and what do we do while we wait? I‘m sure Dr. Viktor Frankl (of⬇️

First library #BookHaul for #AuldLangSpine
Loved the list from @Lin3han - the only one I had read before was Scythe, but I haven‘t read Thunderhead yet (still waiting for my hold on that one at the library). I will probably start with the tagged (physical book) and Fourth Wing (audiobook)

Thanks for your skilled matchmaking @monalyisha

One of my favorite stage plays-it‘s open to creative interpretation 💚

#IrishAuthor ☘️

#MagicMarch

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1. I don‘t like waiting. Especially waiting for others to do things that only they can do, that will take them five minutes, and the absence of their task is preventing me from completing my task. I cope by venting and whining, and by finding other things to do.
2. Everyone should have the opportunity to visit a place that takes them out of their comfort zone.
#wondrouswednesday

Years ago, one of our teen pages read this and emphatically told me not to - it was boring and nothing happens. I thought, “oh no, this poor high school kid - he doesn‘t get it, it supposedly a VERY BIG DEAL as far as plays go”. Well, friends, I read it. It IS boring and NOTHING happens and I should‘ve just listened to that student long ago. Lesson learned.

I don't know why I haven't properly dived into Beckett before. Oh well. I have the complete dramatic works now and I'm reading them. And I'm really enjoying it so far, after taking a moment to acclimate to theatre writing for the first time in I don't know how many years. Reminds me a lot of early 20th century French absurdism, which I suppose Beckett would have known well, wouldn't he?

I don‘t read a lot of plays, so I‘m not sure if this is a universal feeling for the format or specific to Waiting For Godot, but I couldn‘t help feeling it would be better to see it played out on stage than to read it. Beckett writes in a lot of visual gags and slapstick humour as stage directions, and rhythmically it just seems like it would be better read aloud. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/waiting-for-godot-samuel-beckett/

#Litsyhumor

"Nothing to be done." #OnThisDay in 1953 Paris' Théâtre de Babylon hosted the premiere of Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot. The simple text has lent itself to countless political, sociological, and psychological interpretations, although Beckett once decried "Why people have to complicate a thing so simple I can't make out." What, exactly, was so simple he never explained, because "that's how it is on this bitch of an earth." #HistoryGetsLIT

I really enjoyed this play! I want to see it live now.

It made me think about how I can sometimes get so caught up in wishing for what's next that I often forget to enjoy the moment. Nothing is going to come and magically make life better...you have to be an active participant in your existence or else what's the point?

Brilliant

I know this is a dramatic classic, and there's some deep meaning, but I just didn't get it, and honestly, didn't care to get it. Maybe if I actually watched the play instead of reading it, I'd have a different opinion?

Another #Booked2021 prompt completed: #under150pages

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

from The New Yorker

I enjoyed reading this more than I expected. It was funny and the repetitious and tragic elements made it interesting. Playing Vladimir and (especially) Estragon would be challenging with all that short and repetitive dialogue, which can be very appealing to an actor 😉
I hope I can see it performed some day!
8/10

Liked it. Fun to read if you like absurd comedies.

Didi and Gogo are in for a very #LongWait. #FebruaryFeels #seemoretheatre

- bleak and claustrophobic
- moments of funny dialogue
- so many possible interpretations...is anything even real?
- I totally understand the acclaim but it left me in a funk. 😐

After a whole month of #Scarathlon and two swaps I am glad to take November as a more casual reading month.

However I would be lying if I said I wasn‘t seriously stoked for all the different Holiday swaps (and challenges?) I am sure will be happening as we get closer to December.

I love being on Litsy guys! You make reading so much more fun (though obviously it is fun already)!

Every human on this planet has its worth of their existence . #Youarenotuseless #kickhopelessness #Embraceyourself.

😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #LitsyHumor

#julycoldplay @Eggs #thehardestpart is Waiting for Godot.

😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #LitsyHumor

#WanderingJune #RoadToNowhere Vladimir and Estragon are on a road to nowhere, because they won't go anywhere as they wait for Godot.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Waiting,...

Reading,...

Waiting,...

Male cub attends a chess tournament. We may not watch. 😔 But we may wait in a stuffy room with lots of chairs.

Just one more hour, or so. I'm ready while the female cub is playing outside.

Somehow it always reminded me of an episode from friends where ross and chandler are waiting for their friend gandalf.

#CharactersLikeAlice
I need to do a two-in-one for the #gryphon and the #mockturtle. I feel justified because they are pretty much a duo in the book. I also had to ask the Spouse for help, and he insists that they are just like Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot. (I have to take his word for it because I have, shamefully, neither read nor watched it!

@LibrarianRyan

If I remember correctly, the #whiterabbits opening lines are "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!", so have a notoriously late character for #CharacterslikeAlice @LibrarianRyan

#waiting #musicalnewyear @Cinfhen @vivastory This beautiful play, as I recall, had a memorable impact on me while learning to direct theatre 🎭, a lovely metaphorical experience.

How this waiting room is making me feel right now.

Vladimir and Estragon have been waiting for you, Godot, but you never turned up.
#ABBAInAugust #Ivebeenwaitingforyou

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

When it was announced that Ireland‘s renowned Druid Theatre was bringing its production of ‘Waiting for Godot‘ to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, I overheard more than one person say they hate the play and wouldn‘t buy tickets to see it. Ha! Joke‘s on them. I have no idea how the play reads but tonight‘s performance was brilliant, must-see theatre. Everything—acting, staging, lighting...seriously, everything—was fantastic. A wonderful evening.

Anyone else remember these card decks circa early 2000s with "52 Great ... " picks? I'm sure they had more than just books, but my sister gifted this set to me. Recently came across them while "Kondo-ing" and was inspired to add a few titles, including these, to my Overdrive Holds. Yay for modern literature classics! ??????

#Aprella #lasttoleave I‘m thinking out of the box for this one. This is the first thing that came to mind .. Waiting For Godot.. except theses 2 aren‘t going anywhere.. they are just waiting ....

I am 5 books into my #FreakyFriday reading from @zeljka . Now that it's April I'll post reviews (I've loved them so far except this one).

I'm a former English major who has never read Beckett.😮 I knew about Godot but haven't seen it. I admired the linguistic complexity and vaudeville style but without seeing it on stage or studying it in-depth in class it was VERY hard for me to read. I'd give Beckett another go, though!

@monalyisha @Clwojick

Kind of hard to make out in the picture, but seeing a copy of "Waiting for Godot" in the lost books bin of our campus library seems quite appropriate.

Slowly building my tbr pile of @zeljka 's recs for #FreakyFriday in April! These are just the books I haven't read before. Waiting on one more from the library and then will probably have to buy two others because they aren't in my library system.
I might get a head start because I'm interested in all of these books but want time to savor them and also need to finish them before they go back to the library!

Littens, where would you start??

For your existential angst...

I just learned that Andre the Giant and Samuel Beckett were neighbors when Andre was growing up in France. Apparently, he was too big to fit in the bus when he was 12 and Beckett used to drive him to school. I knew immediately that this important information needed to be shared on Litsy.

Hi, @Tanisha_A !! I‘m your #Cupidgoespostal person and I wanted to let you know that your package has been sitting in intl customs for 4 days now. I‘m a little worried that it won‘t get to you in time for Valentines Day!! I‘m trying to be patient, but it‘s sooooo hard. I can‘t wait for you to open it!!! I‘m sending the tracking # to the #cupidgoespostal hosts so that they can forward it to you. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#NuYear #PlayLikeGod @Cinfhen @TrishB I‘m taking the easy way today ✨Waiting For Godot

"Nothing happens. Nobody comes. Nobody goes. It's awful."

#waiting #QuotsyJan18 @TK-421

#QuotsyJan18 #waiting @TK-421 “SOMEDAY Someone is going to look at you with a light in their eyes you‘ve never seen, they‘ll look at you like you are everything they‘ve been looking for their entire lives. WAIT for it ..... “

#QuotsyNov17 #Absudity @TK-421 Existentialism & absurdity. Waiting for Godot. ❤️💫💫💫

I‘ve made a goal to read more plays this year, and this if my first. Waiting for Godot seems simple and silly while you‘re reading but turns out to be very deep and important if you dig and find out what Beckett is truly saying through the characters.

My favourite play of all time (I don‘t know many plays to be fair though).

It‘s basically two men #waiting for someone that never shows up but it‘s philosophical, funny and really clever. There‘s not many plays that would be interesting and thought provoking in which not much happens except two guys talking and waiting so this is special #uncannyoctober