Waiting for Beckett

Abstract

Samuel Beckett's best-known work begins with the following stage direction:

                                                                A country road. A tree. Evening.

At mid-twentieth century, we have come a long way from Victorian and Edwardian drama's detailed descriptions of furniture and setting. The sparseness of the setting is a Beckettian hallmark. And the sparseness of the play, Waiting for Godot, as a whole is one thing that made it revolutionary.