Witness History | Waiting for Godot

Based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago.

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BBC Two | 2000

Changing Stages | Between Brecht and Beckett

Richard Eyre looks at influence of political and poetic dramas of Berthold Brecht and Samuel Beckett on British playwrights from 1960s to 1990s.
Waiting for Godot | BBC Radio 4 | 2010

What's So Great About...? | Samuel Beckett

Lenny Henry sets out to rectify his lack of appreciation of the work of Samuel Beckett, with the help of actors Simon McBurney and Fiona Shaw.