Waiting for Godot
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waiting for Godot canonical | 10 |
| En attendant Godot | 3 |
| Waiting for Godot (2009 London production) | 2 |
| Waiting for Godot (stage performance) | 1 |
| Waiting for Godot (stage performances) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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play ⓘ theatre work ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| character |
Boy
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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
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existentialist drama ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
boots
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hat ⓘ leafless tree ⓘ |
| influenced |
modernist theatre
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postmodern drama ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
minimalist
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repetitive dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Estragon
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Vladimir ⓘ |
| movement | Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ |
| notableProduction | 1956 Broadway production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Waiting for Godot
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
En attendant Godot
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| 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
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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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Input
Subject: Waiting for Godot Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Waiting for Godot (stage performances)
subject surface form:
Samuel Beckett
subject surface form:
Waiting for Godot
this entity surface form:
En attendant Godot
this entity surface form:
En attendant Godot
this entity surface form:
En attendant Godot
this entity surface form:
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)
this entity surface form:
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)
this entity surface form:
Waiting for Godot (stage performance)