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In Beckett's theatre we are confronted with a terribly static world, where things never change, but they merely go on happening in an endless circle. This is emphasised not only by the characters' physical condition -they are either handicapped or moribund creatures- but also by the absence of plot and by the circular structure of the plays, which end almost exactly as the begin. Also, the characters seem confined or imprisoned in a single place -often a room- which they never leave, even when they could. Waiting for Godot is no exception, although it is set in the open air: Vladimir and Estragon continually talk, but they do not move.

The story.

Waiting for Godot has no real plot. It is a play about two French tramps -Vladimir and Estragon (Didi and Gogo) who spend their days waiting for a mysterious Mr Godot who is expected to come and save them from their miserable life/situation. In the meanwhile they desperately try to pass the time by talking about anything they happen to think of.

In Act I Vladimir and Estragon meet another couple of characters: Pozzo, the master, who drives his poor old servant Lucky from behind with a rope and a whip. Pozzo seems to be a rich middle-aged man, pleased with himself and his succes in life. Lucky, who used to be a philosopher and an artist, never talks, apart from a long speech that he delivers at Pozzo's command. At the and of the Act a boy turns up and informs the two tramps that Godot will not come that evening.

Act II: Same place, same time, same quarrels and jokes between the two tramps, same useless attempts at suicide. Pozzo and Lucky reappear, but they have great changed, now Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Once more a boy eventually turns up and says Godot will not come: maybe tomorrow. The play ends with the two friends still waiting, unable to move away.

The various incidents that occur, though extremely entertaining, have no more meaning than circus clowing, and stress that the whole action focuses on absence, the absence of the much-awaited and mysterious Godot (presumably the name is meant to suggest God).