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Feeling nostalgic enough to (re)visit a classic? You may have seen Waiting for Godot enacted in a small, endearing production at your school’s theater back in the day or viewed any of its countless on-screen renditions, but this classic 1952 play is as compelling to read as it is to watch. A mainstay of 20th-century theater by Irish playwright Samuel Becket, Waiting for Godot spins out conversations in a limbo-like dreamscape between two bedraggled men who wait endlessly for an elusive person — or thing, perhaps — named Godot to show up. The setting bears nothing but a leafless tree, and empty conversations are interspersed only sparingly with somber reflection. Yet every line is compelling in that it’s bizarrely absurd, exploring an interplay between comedy and tragedy. The play’s minimalism has invited a host of philosophical and political interpretations—from existentialism and Marxism to Freudianism and Christianity. It’s a fun read that’s as deep as you make it.