Samuel Beckett

Advantages: Fantastic monologue
Disadvantages: is better to see it

...I have seen this on multimedia and would love to actually perform it myself live in front of an audience. Samuel Beckett\'s writings are excellent if somewhat dark and disturbing at times. This particular play can be seen as quite disturbing as the focus is on the mouth of the speaker. It brings to mind the thought process that goes through our heads and seems to be based on memories of a person who we see as a dismebodied mouth. There are constant questions and answers being iterated throughout the piece with the speaker avoiding saying the word \'I\'. The whoe play is said in third person and so continues to depersonalise it for the speaker and gives the audience a chance to apply the monologue to themselves. A powerful play that deserves to be recognised.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Original, funny and interesting
Disadvantages: Not everyone's cup of tea

...Samuel Beckett has been a great influence to 20th Century theatre. In the 1950's he invented a new kind of play - absurd. Now many of you may read this play and think that it is the biggest lot of rubbish, but as I always say - a play is meant to be seen and not read. "Waiting For Godot" was the beginning of absurd drama and absolutely slated by the press on it's opening. One reviewer wrote "Nothing happens. It's terrible!" But somehow, it caught on and people like Stoppard, Ionesco and many others followed in Beckett's footsteps. The play shows us a day in the life of Vladimir and Estragon, two homeless men waiting... for... well Godot of course. What Godot is, we can only speculate, but the play is funny (if performed correctly) and intrigueing. If your usual type of play is "Mrs. Brown's Last Wedding" or "Jack And The Beanstalk... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: originality
Disadvantages: difficult to read

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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful