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Panic Attack.(Waiting for Godot)
Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," billed as "the laugh sensation of two continents," made its American debut at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami, Florida, in 1956. My father, Bert Lahr, was playing Estragon, one of the two bowler-hatted tramps who pass the time in a lunar landscape as they wait in vain for the arrival of a Mr. Godot. "Playing 'Waiting for Godot' in Miami was like doing 'Giselle' in Roseland," my father said. The play was not so much a laugh riot as a revolution in theatrical storytelling; inevitably, it was met with militant incomprehension. "A dramatic whatzit," Walter Winchell called it, adding, "The history of frammis never had anything so ...
- 'Godot' enlivened by lighter touch.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(THEATER)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 22, 2004 700+ words
...the U.S. premiere of "Godot," starring Bert Lahr as Estragon and Tom Ewell as Vladimir...and Brian Hemmingsen as Estragon. "Godot" actually combines the...Because we're waiting for Godot," and Estragon lets out an ursine howl...
- Samuel Beckett: Waiting For Godot: Analysis and Critique
- Reference information from: Monarch Notes Beckett, Samuel January 1, 1963 700+ words
...edition.) What Actually Happens in Godot? Near a bare, roadside tree, two...as they meet daily: to wait for Godot. Estragon ("Gogo") fusses with his boots...Didi's urinary troubles, and Godot. Passing through are Pozzo (with...
- Godot only knows; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) September 4, 2009 700+ words
...QUESTION Who was the Godot that Vladimir and Estragon were waiting for...meet Vladimir and Estragon. Beckett was always...the identity of Godot, but the popular...assumption is that Godot is God and that Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for...
- 'Godot's' got the goods.(Waiting for Godot)(Theater review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David May 1, 2009 700+ words
...2 HOURS, 10 MIN. Estragon Nathan Lane Vladimir...summation of "Waiting for Godot" than Estragon's complaint "Nothing...Vladimir (Bill Irwin) and Estragon (Nathan Lane), the...elusive, possibly divine Godot and, more obliquely...
- Greeting `Waiting for Godot' with recognition, hostility
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer Globe Staff January 20, 1995 700+ words
...understand "Waiting for Godot." He was after something...light. Vladimir and Estragon are bums talking and...experience of Vladimir and Estragon runs directly parallel...audience at "Waiting for Godot." Vladimir and Estragon -- Didi and Gogo they...
- Bailiwick Repertory's `Godot' well worth waiting for
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Hedy Weiss September 2, 1986 700+ words
Waiting for Godot Vladimir Skipp Sudduth Estragon Timothy R. Monsion Pozzo...anything but literal, so "Godot" is built around a day...everymen" - Vladimir and Estragon. And amid the litany...condition. As they wait for Godot, the two tramps alternately...
- Theater; Giddy for `Godot'
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post David Richards November 7, 1988 700+ words
...engagement of "Godot," which opened...Martin are cast as Estragon and Vladimir...fit right into "Godot." If Beckett...exist," exults Estragon. As for Martin...sent to bed. In "Godot," it is dawning on Estragon and Vladimir that...
- TWO BRIANS; A Pair Ideally Weighted for `Godot'
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Pamela Sommers June 12, 1994 700+ words
...clowns Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at Gunston Arts...he got to. In "Godot," I've always wanted to play Estragon, and he wanted to...all the action - Estragon just reacts. Brian D: In rehearsing "Godot," I quickly realized...