The lead musicians are Vladimir (Bill Irwin) and
Estragon (Nathan Lane), the dusty, bowler-hatted tramps who convene each day by a sickly tree to kill time while waiting for the arrival of the ever-elusive, possibly divine Godot, and more obliquely, for a reason to go on living.
Picking up on numerous clues in the script, they and the production's director, Sean Mathias, are convinced that Vladimir and
Estragon were once a professional double-act who performed together for many years.
Vladimir and
Estragon resemble a classic music hall comedy duo, and have often been compared to Laurel & Hardy.
Wait there, Bertie by the tree, like
Estragon, and truth will arrive one day - it will drop from the sky.
Well-etched perfs make it clear that
Estragon would like to end this charade--preferring instead to dream of a better world--while Vladimir needs the artifice of performing to give his day meaning.
He is playing one of the waiting tramps,
Estragon, a stone, he suggests, to his fellow tramp Vladimir's tree.
In November, Suitcase Theatre turns its attention to the immortal Shakespeare classic Hamlet when Ally Goodman, seen at Theatr Clwyd recently as
Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" plays the tormented prince, accompanied by a strong cast, with set design by Paul Jones and costumes by Philip Main with an emphasis on the power of the language, this production will be set in Denmark.
Vladimir and
Estragon, with nothing else to do, decide to pass the time by 'abusing each other.' They start cursing each other:
King Lear, The Bull,
Estragon, and do them all in the back room of a small pub in Salthill, and have a pint with the missus after."
Based on the tweet, the 'waiting' part appears to be a reference to the play itself, in which the characters
Estragon and Vladimir do almost nothing while in poor health and waiting for Godot.
Playing Tonto to Attila's Lone Ranger (and sometimes
Estragon to his Vladimir), younger sibling Robert tells the tale of the family's escape with a clear-eyed innocence that belies his experience as they are driven from Budapest to Paris to some unnamed Canadian destination.
Samuel Beckett's drama focuses on two tramps, Vladimir and
Estragon, who are waiting for someone called Godot, who never turns up.
Vladimir and
Estragon are characters from which Samuel Beckett play?
