![]() With the production of En attendant Godot in Paris in 1953, Beckett’s work began to achieve widespread recognition. ![]() ![]() From the spring of 1946 his plays, novels, short fiction, poetry and criticism were largely written in French. He remained in France during the Second World War and was active in the French Resistance. He settled in Paris in 1937, after travels in Germany and periods of residence in London and Dublin. Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906 and graduated from Trinity College. Nobody acquainted with Beckett’s masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful.’ This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. Prescribed Text for HSC 2019-2023 – English Extension 1 Elective 2: Worlds of upheaval ![]()
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