Waiting for Godot: Quick Facts

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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, dressed in tattered coats and bowler hats, take a curtain call on stage for Waiting For Godot, with a bare tree in the background.

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Macbeth Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Othello A Midsummer Night’s Dream King Lear Much Ado About Nothing The Tempest Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice