1. Background 2. Waiting for Godot 3. Production analysis 4. Performance history 5. Annotated bibliography and guide to further reading Index
Informative critical introduction to Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most commonly studied modern plays.
Mark Taylor-Batty is Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and
Deputy Head of School in the School of English at the University of
Leeds, UK. His previous publications include The Theatre of Harold
Pinter (Bloomsbury, 2014), About Pinter: The Playwright and the
Work (Faber and Faber, 2005), Roger Blin: Collaborations and
Methodologies (Peter Lang, 2007) and, he co-authored with his wife,
Juliette Taylor-Batty, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
(Continuum, 2009). Juliette Taylor-Batty is Associate Senior
Lecturer in English at Leeds Trinity & All Saints, Leeds, UK.
"An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural,
theatrical, historical and political contexts." - David Bradby,
co-editor of Contemporary Theatre Review
Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol
89, No. 1 'Its major strength is its exploration of the
play's French origins, and especially the first production in Paris
directed by Roger Blin.'
This new introductory textbook is an extremely useful resource for
both readers and performers of Beckett's Waiting for Godot. It
provides some very interesting and readable biographical and
historical background for the play, including some helpful analysis
of genre and language.
*Routledge ABES*
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