Waiting for Godot review " Beckett's classic tragicomedy is more comedic than tragic
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonJames Macdonald's production sacrifices tension for slapstick but ultimately delivers pathos Samuel Beckett's 1953 tragicomedy about two woe-begotten men waiting by a willow tree for a mysterious figure to appear tips a delicate balance between the absurd and desolate, the funny and dreadful. In James Macdonald's production, the drama between Estragon (Lucian Msamati) and Vladimir (Ben …