Waiting for Godot

Summary

1961 BBC production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Theatre play

Waiting for Godot [En attendant Godot] by Samuel Beckett [more information]

Play synopsis

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot.

Production history

The première was on 5 January 1953 in the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris.

Date of transmission

Monday 26 June 1961

Time

9.50-11.20pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Donald McWhinnie

Playwright

Samuel Beckett

Designer

Margaret Peacock

Cast

Timothy Bateson	Lucky
Felix Felton	Pozzo
Jack MacGowran	Vladimir
Mark Mileham	A Boy
Peter Woodthorpe	Estragon

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 22 June 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 19; listing, p. 21