Transformations of Godot

Didi, Gogo, Pozzo, Lucky-the bizarre names stand out strangely against the bare-bones landscape of Waiting for Godot. In an intriguing new study of one of the most haunting plays of this century, Frederick Busi shows that these names serve important dramatic functions, reinforcing the changing roles assumed by the mysterious characters in their tortuous search for-and avoidance of-self. Busi also ...