A first look at WAITING FOR GODOT. 

I just wish an official video of this cast is made available so we people from far corners of the world can also watch it.

I was lucky enough to see them on Broadway yesterday and by God, they were amazing. Sir Patrick Stewart is brilliant in playing a neurotic, impulsive, but somehow rational Vladimir, while Sir Ian McKellen is adorable as a forgetful, funny, and rather child-like Estragon. I can't believe I shared the same space as these two legends! God bless them, truly!

I really hope this two great actors live for ever....

Still waiting for the digital release for us who weren't lucky enough to share the same air as these two legends. . .

We read this play out loud in class. The two people who read for Vladimir and Estragon had such perfect comic timing together. Each line delivery was spot on, quick one right after the other just like the actual play. I read for Pozo the slave master and tried my best to keep up, but they were way into it. On the last day, the guy reading Vladimir was late to class, so someone else was reading the part. They were no where near as good. What pissed me off was that even when the guy who usually reads showed up, the other person refused to give up the part and read as a shitty Vladimir for the rest of class, stammering and pausing and keeping no good rhythm with the other person. (Like I said, this was just a class read, so there was no official casting. We were supposed to trade off every few pages, but the people reading were so good, we let them do the entire thing) I wanted to stand up and demand he give the part back to the better actor.

Wish there's somebody out there to put this on internet on these Corona days..

This play was simply amazing. It opened my fiancee's and my eyes to the joys of theatre.

I had the pleasure of seeing them perform Godot in London and enjoyed it tremendously. I have always liked the play ever since I first saw it when I was 20 (56 years ago). Since then I have been amazed at the number of people who just cannot see the humour in it. In London, I sat next to someone who never laughed once, and did not return after the interval. Their loss, not mine.

I am interested in the production. I have seen many productions of Godot, and if this clip is anything to go on, its played for laughs more than other versions I have seen. Many of those lines ("well, that passed the time") when delivered by other performers was received more in the spirit of hopelessness. I think that's why Beckett is great. Like Shakespeare, he can be struck at in different places on his surface and evoke new tones.

after watching this, I wanted to cry. The actors are really moving.

I would have crossed heaven and earth to see this if I only knew about it at the 'time'.

the london production with these two was far and away the best play i've ever seen.

i wish more than anything i could see the full performance!

In an alternate universe, Professor X and Magneto remained best friends, brought peace to the world and between mutants+humans, and takes up theater in their old age.

Omg I so wish I had gotten to see this!

Xvaier and Magneto, combination of perfection !

oh my- just the teaser gave me chills and thrills- would have loved to have seen this. is there a dvd or iTunes release forthcoming perchance for us poor souls in the less culturally civilised parts of the world?

At the end Ian's clothes fall off and Patrick gets to see everything.

I need this on DVD

I've heard that they have a recording of this play at the New York Public Library, Theater on tape and on film section. You have to make an appointment to see it and you can't record it of course. They set up a viewing and you can see it there only. I'd hope one day it could be released publicly. This is far too precious to be lost or hidden away.

When will the DVD come out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To anyone who hasn´t seen the play yet: GO and get a ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I´ve seen it Nov 05. It was more than awesome! More than brilliant!!!! A lifetime moment!! And I´ll be back in Feb 2014 to see it at least 3 times in one week!! It doesn´t get better than this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK I know, should have gone to see the play... but... oh.. how could such performances be lost? Surely there must be a recording? Forever sigh.....

I saw that production of No Man's Land in London. I was awesome seeing the Sir's together :)

I need to see this! 😢 i first heard about this play NOW, and now I will never be able to see these two amazing actors do this (i have read the play 😊)

My drama teacher just came into our class one day to brag about going to this play when we were learning about absurdism since this play was an absurdist play. Two of the kids spent the rest of the lesson roasting her and calling her a rich kid. She was fine with it since she's super nice. But it was hilarious.

Just like I always say, thank god for the laugh track.

I saw this in 2009 in Norwich UK Once in a lifetime....2nd row 15 ft from this...omg Amazing

Very simply- lovely.

This makes me almost wish I still lived in NJ. Such a limited engagement, I just might have to make a special trip up to see these shows in January.

maybe ... my favorite vid in You-Tube !!!

I want to see it, i love the story and Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart are my favorite actors. :D

I had the great pleasure of seeing this production. It was absolutely unforgettable. I'd always been a bit intimidated by this play, and I thought I might not 'get it'. But the way these two actors (as well as Billy Crudup & Shuler Hensley) brought it to life, it was entirely approachable. Hats off.

Wish I could see the whole play.

I am in the infant stages of learning dramaturgy. My mentor and I were discussing this version (he has seen it multiple times, meeting Patrick and Ian.) My feelings are that this version is well done by masters of the art, but it is also a bit over the top. I feel as though the audience is there to see Captain Picard and Gandalf clown onstage instead of a great classic play. It is not the actors fault, they were great, if a bit slappy. The 2001 film, for me, is the perfection of this masterpiece. For all of that…THIS is the play I want to see first when I get to Broadway.

Nice to see Charles and Magneto getting along!

as far as I'm aware the v&a archives have a copy but you have to go through a number of administrative loopholes to get it

Six years and still no way to watch it online !

Billy Crudup was astounding in this, he made me cry, the whole thing was absolute

Would have been amazing to see these two do Waiting for Godot. I honestly expecting that McKellen be as Vladimir

Two old queens doing what they do best.

Such a special production. Was privelidged to see it at the TR Haymarket. And now, so great to see two actors at the height of their powers toether again in the West End, in "No Man's Land". Was superb on Broadway and will be a showstopper in London.

Anybody knows the name of the score??? Soundtrack is amazing 😢

And people ask me why I want to be an actor...

Legends

these two are the perfect Vladimir and Estragon. wish i could see the production on tape or something

I wish I’d been old enough to see Rik Mayall and Ade Edmundson do this.

Kiitos

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan best friends and hilarious comics bring this classic to life

I'd give a lot to see the Ian McKellen/Patrick Stewart full version, AND the Robin Williams/Steve Martin version! Does anyone know of a source?

It feels wrong not to release these limited-run plays by powerhouse actors on some form of recorded medium. At the very least, we’d have them for posterity when Mr. Stewart and Mr. McKellen are no longer with us. Many could appreciate their work, and future actors could learn from their performances. Can someone "make it so?"

Does anyone know where I could find the full play?

10 yrs ago???

Is there a DVD of this anywhere?

Wanda: your Hex reached Magneto and the professor! Now they are Didi and Gogo!

What defines Canadian theatre better than fixation on

I really want to watch the full video of this show. how can I get it? please...

Sorry what is the name of the background music? I think it is so soft and nice. It would be a great play. However I am in HK and won't have this chance to watch.

Wait...is that some episode of Star Trek that I have never watched? Or some director cut of Lord of the Rings?

Not to be the sad commenter, but if either of these guys die, considering how awesum they are together in everything, I feel like the other is gonna feel like he lost his best friend :,(

¿Qué canción es la que suena de fondo, alguien podria decirme???

This looks absolutely wonderful! And I know that music but can't place a name to it!! Does anyone know what that piece is called? Thanks!

Love this!!

Is that Capt Pichard?

So Xavier and Magneto being friends?

I want to hear how they pronounce “calm”

Is it coming back to London again?

GREAT ACTORS!

Is the whole play performed by these actors available?

Ive heard of waiting for Godot (I believe it was Frasier). Im honestly very surprised to find out it's a comedy though.

How can I see the full play

Any one can tell where can I see the full play😕

What is the background music, I know I have heard it before.

Who knows what they said in 0:51s ... please help me.

Arindam sir zindabad

El profesor X y Magneto.

best performance ever so keen to see if it were possible for me :)

I ONLY watched this bc my drama tescher told me to. ._.

Mataría por ver esto.

Oh dear... The trailer or performance seems to show the themes have been ditched from the play in favour of laughs and gags.

after watch this video, i asked mysefl if this play is accurately, for people laughing too much.i know waiting for godot have very funny moments, but is not a comedy at all.

Man, the X-Men movies got weird

Sir Ian is a better actor. *grabs popcorn*

The Emperor's new clothes. 😒

I'm so glad there doing some "fun" acting I know the cgi BS in the hobbit movies were really getting him down.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

After watching Michael Lindsay-Hogg's production, I simply cannot watch this.

Владимир - представитель фермеров , мелкая буржуазия и интеллигенция. Другой из рабочего класса. Капиталистическая, капиталистическая элита ведет псевдоинтеллигенцию - фашизм - неправительственные организации, журналистов по канату. Ожидается демократическое правление, но есть только капитализм.

This version is absolutely for shit. Tragi-comedy not Mel’s Brooks comedy.

Call me old fashioned but I would rather watch anything else. Beckett leaves me cold. His plays are nonsense made up to be art. Mind you even most art leaves me cold. A cold fish out of water, dull eyed and smelling of its age. Oh, yes I see the good in an actor making the best of a pile of caca and I go weak over a few Twomblys and completely gaga at a good Brett Whitely. But I wonder at the rubbish put up as high achievements against those recognised high achievements of the past. Given money I would fill my house with moderns and stuffs you would not like either , mostly Roman glass, mosaics and greek statues , possibly that Guernica of Picasso's so I am no arbiter of good taste, shrug. Hardly worth the mention, really.

They are playing to an obliging audience...

Very enjoyable... but a considerably wrong interpretation of the absurd theater and how Samuel Beckett intended the play. Well, as long as people laugh, and tickets are sold, no problem.

One day...💜

More like waiting for a metro bus to one day show up...

Not to be the sad commenter, but if either of these guys die, considering how awesum they are together in everything, I feel like the other is gonna feel like he lost his best friend :,(