This is an explanation and interview about a play I would love to see I think the fact that it does not have a typical narrative and its two Hobo's discussing the meaning of life while
.'Waiting for Godot'.
It raises all sorts of questions sometimes difficult to answer and sometimes the easy, but displayed to you as the ramblings of two drunkards waiting for 'Godot'....for two days. ha :)
Speaking to Today presenter Jim Naughtie, the four describe both the creative pleasure and technical difficulty of performing Samuel Beckett's enigmatic characters.
"I don't think there will ever be a point where one can coast in this play. It is built in that your brain has to be functioning at 112%, all the time," says actor Simon Callow.
The drama is set around two central characters, Estragon and Vladimir, who spend two days waiting for the play's namesake.
The play caused shock waves when it had its London premiere in 1955 - a play without a traditional plot, two tramps pondering the meaning of life while they wait for a man who never comes.
But Beckett's language, his depiction of humanity at its rawest and most moving, has established Godot as a 20th Century masterpiece.
While Samuel Beckett never gave any hint as to the central character's background, Sir Ian McKellen has his own theory.
Well who comes together in the evening? Performers do," he says.
"The idea that we might be coming to some ruined theatrical memory... it was very releasing for me."
Despite the sense of existential crisis that permeates the play, the performers are agreed on an underlying emotional depth.
"I struggle with my emotions every night, it is filled with such compassion," says Patrick Stewart.
And for Roland Pickup, despite the dark content, the overall effect on the audience is one of exhilaration.
"For the fact that it deals with bleak things, it is actually a celebration of the fun of coping with this crazy thing called life," he says.
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