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Colgate Offers Waiting for Godot in Russian

Sat, Apr 02, 2011

Colgate will present Waiting For Godot, Thomas Beckett's absurdist play, April 12-14, 2011 at 8 p.m. in Starr Rink in the Reid Athletic Center.  Admission is free, and to reserve seats call 228-7641.

The play will be presented in Russian with English subtitles.

Adrian Giurgea directs the Takoy Theater Company of St. Petersburg, Russia, artists-in-residence in the production.The set for the production is a recreation of renowned set designer, Vera Martynova's, original set used in a recent production in Russia.

Waiting for Godot features two men clowning around, joking and arguing, repeating themselves, as they wait through two days waiting for the mysterious Godot.

Read the NY Times' review of 1956 presentation of the play.

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