Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot [audio] with Bert Lahr

MICHAEL MYERBERG

by arrangement with Plays Limited presents

BERT LAHR

E.G MARSHALL KURT KASZNAR

in

WAITING FOR GODOT

A tragicomedy by SAMUEL BECKETT

with Alvin Epstein, Luchino Solito De Solis



Directed by Herbert Berghof

Produced for records by Goddard Lieberson



Act I Part 1 : 30.37

Act I Part 2 : 29.46

Act II Part 1: 22.20

Act II Part 2: 23.19





Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which the characters wait for someone named Godot, who never arrives. Godot's absence, as well as many other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's premiere. Voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century, Waiting for Godot is Beckett?s translation of his own original French version, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only), "a tragicomedy in two acts". The original French text was written between 9th October 1948 and 29th January 1949 after Molloy and Malone Meurt but before L?Innommable."



Waiting for Godot was originally produced in Paris on January 5, 1953. The American premiere was held at Coconut Grove, Florida, on January 3, 1956 [featuring Burt Lahr and Tom Ewell]; the New York production opened at the Golden Theatre on April 19, 1956.



From the liner notes by producer Goddard Lieberson:

About the sounds on this record: it seemed to me that in recording 'Waiting for Godot', another dimension was called for to sustain moods or atmosphere which had been created on the stage through visual means, either by the actors or through scenery. Conventional music, I felt, would be as out of place as a painting by Rosa Bonheur in the midst of a showing of non-objective art. Therefore I have use invented sounds of a more or less abstract nature created by myself with electronic assistance of our valued engineer, Mr. Fred Piaut.



This is an audio rip from the four-disc vinyl set issued by Caedmon Records [production date 1973] of the original Broadway cast of the American Production.



From Internet Broadway Data Base http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2412




John Golden Theatre, (4/19/1956 - 6/9/1956)



Opening: Apr 19, 1956

Closing: Jun 9, 1956 Total Performances: 59









Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway

Setting: A country road.







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Opening Night Production Credits





Produced by Michael Myerberg; Produced by arrangement with Independent Plays Limited





Written by Samuel Beckett





Directed by Herbert Berghof





Scenic Design by Louis Kennel; Costume Design by Stanley Simmons





Production Supervisor: John Paul; Assistant Stage Mgr: Oliver K. Berg





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Opening Night Cast





Bert Lahr . . . . . . . Estragon (Gogo)

E. G. Marshall. . . . . Vladimir (Didi)

Alvin Epstein . . . . . Lucky

Kurt Kasznar . . . .. . Pozzo

Luchino Solito de Solis Boy