The alternate title should be Waiting for This Book to End. It is an absurdist play. There are five characters total, but two for the most part are on the stage and exchange dialogue.
There is constant memory loss. They can't remember where they've been or what they are supposed to be doing.
A man named Pozzo passes through with his slave called Lucky, who is attached by a rope. Lucky is physically abused and treated like an animal. He wants to please his master and will do any to make him happy.
The dialogue continues forever. The two characters, Vladmir and Estragon, sit by a tree fighting, waiting for Godot to show up. They wait and wait, until waiting drives them mad. Godot does not come when he said he would, and he actually doesn't show up at all. Is this a commentary on how God is distant? Is this a commentary on how human's lives are meaningless?
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