Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett read by Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, Nigel Anthony & Zachary Fox ISBN: 9626344024 $17.98 2 CDs Unabridged Krapps Last Tape / Not I by Samuel Beckett read by Juliet Stevenson, Jim Norton, Peter Marinker & John Maffatt ISBN: 962634332X $17.98 2 CDs Unabridged "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful?" Estragon's complaint, uttered in the first act of Waiting for Godot, is the playwright's sly joke at the expense of his own play--or rather at the expense of those in the audience who expect theatre always to consist of events progressing in an apparently purposeful and logical manner towards a decisive climax. In those terms, Waiting for Godot--which has been famously described as a play in which "nothing happens, twice"--scarcely seems recognizable as theatre at all. Waiting for Godot is a seminal play of the 20th century. This new recording marks the centenary of Beckett's birth. One of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett will be celebrated throughout 2006 with performances of his major plays, including Waiting for Godot. Here are the two most famous plays for a single actor. Krapp's Last Tape finds an old man with his tape recorder, musing over the past and future. Not I is a remarkable tour de force for a single actress, as a woman emits memories and fears. This collection follows the highly acclaimed recordings of Beckett's trilogy, Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable, published by Naxos AudioBooks. Directed by John Tydeman.