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Waiting for Godot
is subject to a royalty. It is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and all British Commonwealth countries, and all countries covered by the International Copyright Union, the Pan-American Copyright Convention, and the Universal Copyright Convention. All rights, including professional, amateur, motion picture, recitation, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound taping, all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved.
First-class professional applications for permission to perform it, and those other rights stated above, must be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, to Georges Borchardt, Inc., 136 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022. Stock and amateur applications to perform it, and those other rights stated above, must be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, to Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 54-6803
ISBN: 978-0-8021-9882-2 (e-book)
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Estragon
Vladimir
Lucky
Pozzo
a boy
ACT I
A country road. A tree
.
Evening
.
Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands, panting. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again. As before
.
Enter Vladimir
.
ESTRAGON : (
giving up again
). Nothing to be done.
VLADIMIR : (
advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide apart
). Iâm beginning to come round to that opinion. All my life Iâve tried to put it from me, saying, Vladimir, be reasonable, you havenât yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle. (
He broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to Estragon
.) So there you are again.
ESTRAGON : Am I?
VLADIMIR : Iâm glad to see you back. I thought you were gone for ever.
ESTRAGON : Me too.
VLADIMIR : Together again at last! Weâll have to celebrate this. But how? (
He reflects
.) Get up till I embrace you.
ESTRAGON : (
irritably
). Not now, not now.
VLADIMIR : (
hurt, coldly
). May one inquire where His Highness spent the night?
ESTRAGON : In a ditch.
VLADIMIR : (
admiringly
). A ditch! Where?
ESTRAGON : (
without gesture
). Over there.
VLADIMIR : And they didnât beat you?
ESTRAGON : Beat me? Certainly they beat me.
VLADIMIR : The same lot as usual?
ESTRAGON : The same? I donât know.
VLADIMIR : When I think of it . . . all these years . . . but for me . . . where would you be . . . (
Decisively
.) Youâd be nothing more than a little heap of bones at the present minute, no doubt about it.
ESTRAGON : And what of it?
VLADIMIR : (
gloomily
).
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Scanning, uploading, and electronic distribution of this book or the facilitation of such without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the authorâs rights is appreciated. Any member of educational institutions wishing to photocopy part or all of the work for classroom use, or anthology, should send inquiries to Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 or [email protected].
C AUTION : Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that
Waiting for Godot
is subject to a royalty. It is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and all British Commonwealth countries, and all countries covered by the International Copyright Union, the Pan-American Copyright Convention, and the Universal Copyright Convention. All rights, including professional, amateur, motion picture, recitation, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound taping, all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved.
First-class professional applications for permission to perform it, and those other rights stated above, must be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, to Georges Borchardt, Inc., 136 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022. Stock and amateur applications to perform it, and those other rights stated above, must be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, to Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 54-6803
ISBN: 978-0-8021-9882-2 (e-book)
Grove Press
an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
841 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Distributed by Publishers Group West
www.groveatlantic.com
Estragon
Vladimir
Lucky
Pozzo
a boy
ACT I
A country road. A tree
.
Evening
.
Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands, panting. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again. As before
.
Enter Vladimir
.
ESTRAGON : (
giving up again
). Nothing to be done.
VLADIMIR : (
advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide apart
). Iâm beginning to come round to that opinion. All my life Iâve tried to put it from me, saying, Vladimir, be reasonable, you havenât yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle. (
He broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to Estragon
.) So there you are again.
ESTRAGON : Am I?
VLADIMIR : Iâm glad to see you back. I thought you were gone for ever.
ESTRAGON : Me too.
VLADIMIR : Together again at last! Weâll have to celebrate this. But how? (
He reflects
.) Get up till I embrace you.
ESTRAGON : (
irritably
). Not now, not now.
VLADIMIR : (
hurt, coldly
). May one inquire where His Highness spent the night?
ESTRAGON : In a ditch.
VLADIMIR : (
admiringly
). A ditch! Where?
ESTRAGON : (
without gesture
). Over there.
VLADIMIR : And they didnât beat you?
ESTRAGON : Beat me? Certainly they beat me.
VLADIMIR : The same lot as usual?
ESTRAGON : The same? I donât know.
VLADIMIR : When I think of it . . . all these years . . . but for me . . . where would you be . . . (
Decisively
.) Youâd be nothing more than a little heap of bones at the present minute, no doubt about it.
ESTRAGON : And what of it?
VLADIMIR : (
gloomily
).
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