Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Mark Taylor-Batty, Dr Juliette Taylor-Batty

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English

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
06 January 2009

Series: Modern Theatre Guides

""An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts."" - David Bradby, co-editor of Contemporary Theatre Review

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is not only an indisputably important and influential dramatic text -it is also one of the most significant western cultural landmarks of the twentieth century. Originally written in French, the play first amazed and appalled Parisian theatre-goers and critics before receiving a harshly dismissive initial critical response in Britain in 1955. Its influence since then on the international stage has been significant, impacting on generations of actors, directors and audiences.

By: Mark Taylor-Batty, Dr Juliette Taylor-Batty
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780826495938
ISBN 10: 0826495931
Series: Modern Theatre Guides
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 06 January 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Background 2. Waiting for Godot 3. Production analysis 4. Performance history 5. Annotated bibliography and guide to further reading Index

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.

Reviews for Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

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.--Sanford Lakoff