TY - BOOK AU - Beckett, Samuel TI - Waiting for Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts SN - 0195623754 U1 - 842.91 PY - 2001/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - French drama KW - Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 KW - French literature KW - Drama KW - En attendant Godot (Beckett, Samuel) KW - Tramps KW - Waiting (Philosophy) KW - Criterion Theatre (London, England) N1 - Introduction and notes by Javed Malick N2 - Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh) is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts". The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949 ER -