Abstract
Whereas Hall's production of the English-language première in 1955 used the full original text, this one used the substantially revised script in The Beckett Notebooks, which represents Beckett's final thoughts, and the play in its most coherent and sinuous form. The new text, which is both less 'absurdist' and less 'metaphysical', allowed a new exploration of the essential balance that has to be struck in performance between the tragic and comic, the bleakness of the language and the music hall elements.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Waiting for Godot - Theatre Royal Bath, U.K. Duration: 16 Aug 2005 → 3 Sept 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Reviews: Macaulay, A. (2005) 'Fifty years on but it's been well worth the wait: review Waiting for Godot / You never can tell', Financial Times. 27 Aug, p.4 [Online]. Available at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=888216231&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=18060&RQT=309&VName=PQDBillington, M. (2005) 'The main event: Theatre: Waiting for Godot: Theatre Royal Bath', The Guardian. 26 Aug, p.30 [Online]. Available at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=887888781&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=18060&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Segal, V. (2005) 'War of the Worlds', Sunday Times. 28 Aug, p.17 [Online]. Available at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=892509671&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=18060&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Keywords
- producing
- twentieth
- drama
- theatre
- Drama, dance and performing arts