Waiting for Godot and Happy Days: Text and Performance

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Choice of Plays....Pages 9-10
English and French Versions....Pages 10-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Note on the Text....Pages 11-11
The Situation....Pages 11-12
Structure and Setting....Pages 12-14
Rhythm, Language and Style....Pages 14-18
The Pairs....Pages 18-33
Note on the Text....Pages 33-34
The Situation....Pages 34-34
Structure and Setting....Pages 35-36
Rhythm, Language and Style....Pages 36-47
Comedy or Tragedy?....Pages 47-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
General Note....Pages 55-56
Choice of Productions....Pages 56-58
Note on the Schiller-Theater West Berlin 1975 Production....Pages 58-61
Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester, 1980....Pages 61-73
National Theatre (Lyttelton), London, 1987....Pages 73-85
Note on the Schiller-Theater Werkstatt West Berlin 1971 Production....Pages 86-88
National Theatre (Lyttelton)/Old Vic, London, 1975/6....Pages 88-94
Royal Court Theatre, London, 1979....Pages 94-101
Back Matter....Pages 102-107