Waiting for Godot

Estragon und Wladimir stehen neben einem Baum an einer Landstraße - und warten auf "Godot". Sie wissen nichts über ihn, sind sich auch nicht sicher, ob heute der verabredete Tag ist. Samuel Beckett demonstriert auf tragikomische Weise die Sinnlosigkeit des menschlichen Daseins. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

Estragon und Wladimir stehen neben einem Baum an einer Landstraße - und warten auf "Godot". Sie wissen nichts über ihn, sind sich auch nicht sicher, ob heute der verabredete Tag ist. Samuel Beckett demonstriert auf tragikomische Weise die Sinnlosigkeit des menschlichen Daseins. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

Well over a century after Wagner's death, the man and his music are as controversial as ever. Praised for his profound insights into the workings of the human heart, he has also been condemned as a dangerous libertine, a proto-fascist and an arrogant bore. His vast four-part operatic Ring cycle has been elevated as one of the greatest achievements of western culture and dismissed as an unparalleled example of creative megalomania. This audiobook makes no attempt to gloss over the darker sides of Wagner's character, personally or artistically, but argues that the finer aspects of his vision transcend its flaws. It tells the story of an extraordinary life, and charts Wagner's development, from unpromising beginnings, into the creator of some of the most brilliantly innovatory and seductively beautiful music ever composed. Runtime: 8 hours 57 minutes

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature.

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature.

"Waiting for Godot" er et klassisk, tragikomisk teaterstykke af Samuel Beckett. Siden sin uropførelse i Paris i 1953 er stykket blevet universelt anerkendt, som et af genrens bedste. De to vagabonder Vladimir og Estragon står på et udefinerbart sted og venter på en person kaldet Godot. De venter og venter og begynder at snakke om alt og ingenting. Nogle andre karakterer dukker op og deltager i samtalen. Den eneste der aldrig dukker op, er Godot. Samuel Becketts "Waiting for Godot" blev i 1990 udråbt som det vigtigste bidrag til engelsksproget teaterkunst i det 20. århundrede.

"Waiting for Godot" er et klassisk, tragikomisk teaterstykke af Samuel Beckett. Siden sin uropførelse i Paris i 1953 er stykket blevet universelt anerkendt, som et af genrens bedste. De to vagabonder Vladimir og Estragon står på et udefinerbart sted og venter på en person kaldet Godot. De venter og venter og begynder at snakke om alt og ingenting. Nogle andre karakterer dukker op og deltager i samtalen. Den eneste der aldrig dukker op, er Godot. Samuel Becketts "Waiting for Godot" blev i 1990 udråbt som det vigtigste bidrag til engelsksproget teaterkunst i det 20. århundrede.

Written in French and first performed at the Théâtre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot . It was performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955, and first published by Faber in 1956. To mark the centenary of Beckett's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of its original publication, Faber are now publishing for the first time a bilingual edition of this great masterpiece. Subtitled 'a tragicomedy in two acts', and once famously described by the Irish critic Vivian Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice'. Waiting for Godot is also a play that was written twice. Here, on facing pages, the reader can watch it unfold simultaneously in two languages.

Written in French and first performed at the Théâtre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot . It was performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955, and first published by Faber in 1956. To mark the centenary of Beckett's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of its original publication, Faber are now publishing for the first time a bilingual edition of this great masterpiece. Subtitled 'a tragicomedy in two acts', and once famously described by the Irish critic Vivian Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice'. Waiting for Godot is also a play that was written twice. Here, on facing pages, the reader can watch it unfold simultaneously in two languages.