Waiting for Godot

Please read and view the items linked below and be ready to discuss on Tuesday, May 22.  Which design/interpretation of Beckett's play would you most have liked to see?  Why?  What questions would you most want to ask the designers/directors?

First of all, read Peter Hall's Production History -- http://www.samuel-beckett.net/Penelope/production_history.html   This will give you a sense of the world into which this play 'was born'.



Chan's New Orleans Godot 'event':  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/design/02cott.html?pagewanted=all

The National Theatre - Czech Republic, 2010 http://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/Default.aspx?jz=en&dk=predstaveni.aspx&sb=2&ic=5458

State Theatre of South Australia, 2006 --read Victoria Lamb's design notes, view all the photos and the design process as well, please.  http://www.victorialamb.com/stage/Godotdesign.html




And finally, what do you think of the staging below?  What is its significance?   If you are able to find the name of the designer and the production, please let me know so I can properly credit it!  The biggest question in my mind:  does the platform actually teeter-totter?