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Waiting for Godot

Drama, English

Creative and Crew

Props A. Robinson + Son
Manager Anne Jenkins
Managing Director Campbell Williams
Carpenter/Scene Builder Edward Gould
Managing Director G.E.A. Williams
Box Office Manager Geoffrey Sharp
Press Rep George Fearon
Stage Manager Howard Baker
Stage Manager John Lane
Director Peter Hall
Set Design Peter Snow
Stage Director Robert A. Baty
Costume Design W.May

Work

Multiple bill with

Production run date

03/08/1955 - 24/03/1956

Venues and dates

Start

End

Venue

Stage

  

03/08/1955

03/09/1955

Arts Theatre (West End)

TBC

Information

Performance and Venue notes for Waiting for Godot

Start Date: 

03/08/1955

End Date: 

03/09/1955

Venue: 

Arts Theatre (West End)

Stage: 

TBC

Festival: 

Performance days: 

with 2 Saturday, Sun Evening performance + no Monday performance 06/08/1955-03/09/1955

Performance times: 

Number of Performances: 

Venue note: 

263 performances between the Arts and Criterion Theatres.

12/09/1955

24/03/1956

Criterion Theatre (West End)

TBC

Information

Performance and Venue notes for Waiting for Godot

Start Date: 

12/09/1955

End Date: 

24/03/1956

Venue: 

Criterion Theatre (West End)

Stage: 

TBC

Festival: 

Performance days: 

with Thursday matinee and 2 Saturday evening performances 15/09/1955-24/03/ 1956; additional evening performance 26/12/1955-27/12/1955.)

Performance times: 

Number of Performances: 

Venue note: 

Bibilographic, Archive and Web resources

Bibiliographical resources

Description:

Book

Citation:

Harmon, Maurice, No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider (Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, 1998)

Archive resources and links

Reference:

BC MS 2883/1

Description:

Programme and Reviews

Repository:

University of Reading

URL:

Web resources and links

Notes about this production

production note:

British and English Language Premiere of Waiting for Godot

Record/Data Source

Source description:

Book

Source institution:

978-0674003859

Date recorded:

11/11/2013

Recorder:

MMcF

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