A Noise Within Study Guide Waiting for Godot
±A Noise Within 2007/2008 Repertory Season FUNDING FOR A NOISE WITHIN’S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IS PROVIDED IN PART BY: The Ahmanson Foundation, Alliance for the Advancement of Arts Education, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Employees Community Fund of Boeing California, The Capital Group Companies, Citigroup Foundation, Disney Worldwide Outreach, Doukas Family Foundation, Ellingsen Family Foundation, The Herb Alpert Foundation, The Green Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Glendale, Lockheed Federal Credit Union, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, B.C. McCabe Foundation,Metropolitan Associates, National Endowment for the Arts, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, The Steinmetz Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation, Waterman Foundation, Zeigler Family Foundation. Table of Contents Cast of Characters/ Synopsis3 The Playwright4 Theatre of the Absurd7 Finding Meaning inWaiting for Godot10 Waiting for GodotIn Performance12 Production History13 Classroom Activities15 Bibliography/Resources16 About Theatre Arts17 Theatre Vocabulary18 Theatre Lore18 About A Noise Within19
²A Noise Within 2007/2008 Repertory Season Waiting for Godot Cast of Characters/Synopsis Vladimir Estragon Pozzo Lucky Boy Vladimir (also called Didi) and Estragon (also called Gogo) arrive at a pre-arranged location to await the arrival of someone named Godot. They pass the time in conversation and argument. They are interrupted by the arrival of Pozzo, a cruel man claiming to own the land that they are standing on. Pozzo has brought with him his servant, Lucky, whom he controls using a long rope. Pozzo entertains Didi and Gogo by directing Lucky to perform a dance and deliver a lecture loosely based on the theories of the Irish philosopher Bishop Berkeley. After Pozzo and Lucky depart, a boy arrives supposedly with a message from Godot stating that Godot will not come today, but most certainly tomorrow. The next day, the Didi and Gogo are waiting for Godot. Pozzo and Lucky arrive again, but this time, Pozzo has gone blind and Lucky has gone dumb. The boy arrives to announce that Godot will not appear. The oft quoted ending goes as follows: Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let’s go. They do not move
³A Noise Within 2007/2008 Repertory Season About the Play The Playwright BORN IN A SUBURB OF DUBLIN to a middle class, Protestant family, Samuel Beckett’s early life was a comfortable one. The family home, Cooldrinagh, was large and complete with garden and tennis courts. However, Samuel was a generally unhappy child. He once said, “I had little talent for happiness.” He attended the local playschool before going to Earlsford House School in the centre of Dublin. In 1919 Beckett went to Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (the same school attended by Oscar Wilde). He was a natural athlete and excelled at cricket. Beckett studied French, Italian and English at Trinity College in Dublin from 1923 to 1927. While there he studied under the eminent Berkeley scholar Dr
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