Beckett stressed that the early success of waiting for godot was based on a fundamental misunderstanding that critics and public alike insisted on interpreting in allegorical or symbolic terms a play which was striving all the time to avoid definition he is undoubtedly right but as readers we are bound to interpret his works within a different context from that in which he wrote them. Samuel beckett waiting for godot endgame readers guides to essential criticism boxall peter isbn 9781840460827 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Samuel beckett waiting for godot endgame a readers guide to essential criticism by peter boxall editor 403 rating details 144 ratings 7 reviews in this readers guide peter boxall traces critical responses to waiting for godot and endgame from the 1950s to the present day . Since the first performances of waiting for godot in the early 1950s samuel beckett has become one of the most prominent authors of the twentieth century widely regarded as the last of the great modernists waiting for godot and endgame are two of his most famous plays and are taken by many to be defining dramatic representations of life in post war europe