Monday, November 10, 2008

Waiting for Godot in performance

Absurdist Theatre creates an interesting literary situation by virtue of the fact that, though highly theoretical, it is meant to be performed. Because the audience does not have the advantage of the text to cross reference and refer back to in order to construct for themselves the meaning of the play, the audience's experience with the play is more direct, encountering these absurd situations for the first and last time just the same as they encounter the moments that make up their normal daily lives.

That being said, here is a video of an excerpt from a performance of Waiting for Godot:



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