The whole show signalled the efforts of the production team. The play was well-choreographed and all actors complemented each other in this Sheffield Theatres production. Adam Piette, professor of Modern Literature at the University of Sheffield, explains that ‘contemporary readings of the play concentrated on the existential bleakness, the philosophical nihilism: and zeroed in on the question of God.’ The set of Waiting for Godot in Sheffield’s Crucible Lyceum Studio in YorkshireĪll who witness this production will no doubt sing the praises of director Charlotte Gwinner and her production team. Waiting for Godot questions the absurdity of everyday life as its protagonists become caught up in a repetitive series of acts with no apparent point and which result in discussions about killing time and committing suicide (one is reminded of Albert Camus’s philosophical writing The Myth of Sisyphus). Receiving its British première in 1955 in the Arts Theatre, London, Beckett’s play creates a bleak and limbo-like world in which the dwellers are neither inhabitants nor simply passing through. According to the artistic director Daniel Evans, ‘this is the third Beckett production to be performed at the Crucible since 2011’. Samuel Beckett’s minimalistic and thought-provoking play Waiting for Godot was brought to life once more on Saturday 13 th February, 2016 in Sheffield’s Crucible in Yorkshire. It was energetically mesmeric and I was gripped. I went to see Waiting for Godot in Sheffield’s Crucible last night.
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