Samuel Beckett - Endgame

Pros: Funny despite its theme of despair

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: It's a play that is better to read than see because of all its hidden meanings.

Review: As a person who rarely goes to the theatre but rather reads the plays, I was really offset by this ...

Pros: brilliant, genius ideas

Cons: may be confusing, people like plots

The Bottom Line: This is wildly creative, original, and sarcastic. Its genius. Some may not like it because it defies standard convention of play format.

Review: Endgame written by Samuel Beckett in 1957 is an absurdist play that’s general meaning is that everything is meaningless. Beckett wrote during the period following World War II, and thought the world was crazy because everyone was just waiting around to...

Pros: Seminal. Canonical. Really good bit with a stuffed dog.

Cons: Not a very good play

Review: Late in my career as a theatre scholar, after I had read Endgame about 30 times and discussed it endlessly in seminars, I saw an excellent production at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with my then-boyfriend Kevin, himself a playwright and performer....