Waiting for Godot

E117439

absurdist play play theatre work

Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Waiting for Godot canonical	22
En attendant Godot	4
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)	2
"En attendant Godot"	1
"Waiting for Godot"	1
Act I of Waiting for Godot	1
Act II of Waiting for Godot	1
Waiting for Godot (1953 stage premiere)	1
Waiting for Godot (stage performance)	1
Waiting for Godot (stage performances)	1
Waiting for Godot (stage production)	1
Waiting for Godot (stage role)	1
Waiting for Godot is set near a country road with a tree	1
waiting for Godot	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waiting for Godot
Context triple: [Samuel Beckett, notableWork, Waiting for Godot]

A. The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
B. Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
C. Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
D. Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a landmark 1956 stage play by John Osborne that helped launch the British "kitchen sink" realist movement and the era of the "angry young men" in postwar theatre.
E. The Zoo Story
The Zoo Story is a one-act play by Edward Albee that explores themes of isolation, communication, and existential despair through an intense encounter between two men in New York's Central Park.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waiting for Godot
Target entity description: Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.

A. The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
B. Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
C. Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
D. Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a landmark 1956 stage play by John Osborne that helped launch the British "kitchen sink" realist movement and the era of the "angry young men" in postwar theatre.
E. The Zoo Story
The Zoo Story is a one-act play by Edward Albee that explores themes of isolation, communication, and existential despair through an intense encounter between two men in New York's Central Park.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	absurdist play ⓘ play ⓘ theatre work ⓘ
author	Samuel Beckett ⓘ
character	Boy ⓘ Lucky ⓘ Pozzo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
directorOfPremiere	Roger Blin ⓘ
dramaticForm	dialogue-driven ⓘ
firstEnglishLanguageProductionDate	1955-08-03 ⓘ
firstEnglishLanguageProductionPlace	Arts Theatre, London ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1953-01-05 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Théâtre de Babylone, Paris ⓘ
genre	Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ existentialist drama ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	film adaptations ⓘ radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
hasSymbol	boots ⓘ hat ⓘ leafless tree ⓘ
influenced	modernist theatre ⓘ postmodern drama ⓘ
languageStyle	minimalist ⓘ repetitive dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter	Estragon ⓘ Vladimir ⓘ
movement	Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ
notableProduction	1956 Broadway production ⓘ
numberOfActs	2 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	En attendant Godot ⓘ linked to: Waiting for Godot
publicationDate	1952 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	Les Éditions de Minuit ⓘ
setting	a country road with a single tree ⓘ
structure	circular ⓘ
subjectOf	extensive literary criticism ⓘ
theme	absurdity of human existence ⓘ existentialism ⓘ friendship ⓘ hope and despair ⓘ human condition ⓘ meaninglessness ⓘ religion and salvation ⓘ waiting and time ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation	post-World War II era ⓘ
translatedBy	Samuel Beckett ⓘ

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Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Beckett → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Faber and Faber → publishedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Ian McKellen → notableWork → Waiting for Godot (stage performances) ⓘ

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Billie Whitelaw → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Patrick Stewart → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Theatre of the Absurd → hasNotablePlay → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Samuel Beckett → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

subject linked to: Beckett

Waiting for Godot → titleInOriginalLanguage → En attendant Godot ⓘ

subject linked to: Beckett

linked to: Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot → originalTitle → En attendant Godot ⓘ

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Endgame → relatedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Les Éditions de Minuit → publishedWork → En attendant Godot ⓘ

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Grove Press → publishedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Sean Mathias → notableWork → Waiting for Godot (2009 London production) ⓘ

linked to: Waiting for Godot

Sean Mathias → directed → Waiting for Godot (2009 London production) ⓘ

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Jack MacGowran → notableWork → Waiting for Godot (stage performance) ⓘ

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Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot → basedOn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot → originalWorkTitle → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Irish literature → notableWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Théâtre de Babylone → notableWorkPremiered → "En attendant Godot" ⓘ

subject linked to: Théâtre de Babylone, Paris

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Théâtre de Babylone → notableWorkPremiered → "Waiting for Godot" ⓘ

subject linked to: Théâtre de Babylone, Paris

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Estragon → appearsIn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Estragon → firstAppearance → Waiting for Godot (1953 stage premiere) ⓘ

linked to: Waiting for Godot

Pozzo → appearsIn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Pozzo → firstAppearance → Act I of Waiting for Godot ⓘ

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Pozzo → laterAppearance → Act II of Waiting for Godot ⓘ

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Lucky → appearsIn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Lucky → workContext → Waiting for Godot is set near a country road with a tree ⓘ

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Boy (Waiting for Godot) → appearsInWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

subject linked to: Boy

Waiting for death → isRelatedConcept → waiting for Godot ⓘ

subject linked to: waiting for death

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The Trilogy → relatedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Samuel Beckett bibliography → includesWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Samuel Beckett’s trilogy → relatedWork → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Arts Theatre, London → notableProduction → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Mariangela Melato → notableWork → Waiting for Godot (stage role) ⓘ

linked to: Waiting for Godot

Sir Peter Hall → directed → Waiting for Godot (stage production) ⓘ

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Le Roi se meurt (stage role) → relatedPlay → En attendant Godot ⓘ

linked to: Waiting for Godot

Godot → appearsIn → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Godot → firstAppearance → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

Godot → drivesActionOf → Waiting for Godot ⓘ

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