Editing Waiting for Godot (section)

===1970s to 2000===
[[File:Waiting for Godot set Theatre Royal Haymarket 2009.jpg|thumb|Set of [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal Haymarket]] 2009 production]]

In 1977, [[Public Broadcasting System|PBS]] broadcast an adaptation for television directed by [[Charles S. Dubin]] and performed by the [[Los Angeles Actors' Theatre]], with [[Dana Elcar]] as Vladimir, [[Donald Moffat]] as Estragon, [[Ralph Waite]] as Pozzo and [[Bruce French (actor)|Bruce French]] as Lucky.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217138/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_3 |title=Waiting for Godot (TV Movie-1977) |website=IMDb |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126181149/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217138/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 4 September 1977, as part of the British television series ''Drama'', the [[Open University]] filmed a production of ''Godot'' directed by Richard Callanan with [[Leo McKern]] as Estragon, [[Max Wall]] as Vladimir, [[Graham Crowden]] as Pozzo, Basil Clarke as Lucky and Toby Page as The Boy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692587/ |title=Drama: Waiting for Godot |website=IMDb |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424000813/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692587/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1978, a production was staged by [[Walter Asmus]] at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] in New York City with [[Sam Waterston]] as Vladimir, [[Austin Pendleton]] as Estragon, [[Milo O'Shea]] as Lucky and Michael Egan as Pozzo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/occurrences/770 |title=Waiting for Godot - May 25-June 18, 1978 |website=BAM Archives |access-date=2023-03-06 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521014816/https://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/occurrences/770 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A young [[Geoffrey Rush]] played Vladimir opposite his then flatmate [[Mel Gibson]] as Estragon in 1979 at the Jane Street Theatre in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordinier |first=Jeff |date=1996-11-29 |title=Geoffrey Rush 'Shine's |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/11/29/geoffrey-rush-shines/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421030243/https://ew.com/article/1996/11/29/geoffrey-rush-shines/ |archive-date=2021-04-21 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1980, [[Braham Murray]] directed a production at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange Theatre]] in [[Manchester]] with [[Max Wall]] as Vladimir, [[Trevor Peacock]] as Estragon and [[Wolfe Morris]] as Pozzo.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-08142-4_16 |title=Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester, 1980 - Waiting for Godot |chapter=Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester, 1980 |series=Text and Performance |year=1990 |pages=61–73 |publisher=Macmillan Education UK |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-08142-4_16 |isbn=9781349081424 |access-date=2023-03-03 |last1=Worth |first1=Katharine |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412082844/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-08142-4_16 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Also in 1980, a production was performed at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre|Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Donald Howarth]], with [[John Kani]] ("Vladimir"), [[Winston Ntshona]] ("Estragon"), [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] ("Pozzo"), Peter Piccolo ("Lucky") and Silamour Philander ("The Boy").<ref name="esat.sun.ac.za" /> The multiracial cast, approved by Beckett himself, caused quite a stir, but the play received good reviews. After the Cape Town run, the play was also performed at the [[Makhanda, South Africa|Grahamstown]] National Arts Festival, the [[Gqeberha|Port Elizabeth]] Opera House, and the [[Market Theatre (Johannesburg)|Market Theatre]], Johannesburg (where it ran for three weeks). In 1981, the production went on an international tour to the US and Britain, with [[Bill Flynn]] replacing Uys as "Pozzo". The tour included New Haven, Connecticut, [[The Old Vic]] Theatre in London and the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in Oxford. It was also invited to participate in the First International Baltimore Theatre Festival but on arrival the play was picketed by anti-Apartheid demonstrators who claimed that it and the Baxter Theatre were "part and parcel of the South African propaganda machine to misrepresent what was taking place in the country", so the performances were canceled.

The 1984 [[Stratford Festival]] production of ''Waiting for Godot'', directed by Leon Rubin, was  performed at the Tom Patterson Theatre, with [[Brian Bedford]] as Vladimir, Edward Abenza as Estragon, [[Andreas Katsulas]] as Pozzo, Paul Zimet as Lucky and Adam Poynter as The Boy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/320 |title=Stratford Festival Production/Event Register: Waiting for Godot, 1984 |website=Stratford Festival |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210195755/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/320 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at [[Lincoln Center]] was the site of a 1988 revival directed by [[Mike Nichols]], featuring [[Robin Williams]] (Estragon), [[Steve Martin]] (Vladimir), [[Bill Irwin]] (Lucky), [[F. Murray Abraham]] (Pozzo), and [[Lukas Haas]] (boy). With a limited run of seven weeks and an all-star cast, it was financially successful,<ref>Henry, William A., III in ''Time'',[https://web.archive.org/web/20071113162958/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968952,00.html Theater: Clowning Around with a Classic Waiting for Godot]</ref> but the critical reception was not particularly favourable, with [[Frank Rich]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' writing, "Audiences will still be waiting for a transcendent ''Godot'' long after the clowns at Lincoln Center, like so many others passing through Beckett's eternal universe before them, have come and gone."<ref>Rich, Frank. [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=940DE4DE1231F934A35752C1A96E948260 ''Godot'': The Timeless Relationship of 2 Interdependent Souls]</ref>

{{Anchor|WestEnd1}}The play was revived in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] in a production directed by [[Les Blair]], which opened on 30 September 1991. [[Rik Mayall]] played Vladimir and [[Adrian Edmondson]] played Estragon, with [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] as Pozzo and [[Christopher Ryan]] as Lucky; the boy was played by [[Dean Gaffney]] and Duncan Thornley. [[Derek Jarman]] provided the scenic design, in collaboration with Madeleine Morris.<ref name=mayallprog>From the programme to the production.</ref>

In 1992, in what would be his last stage appearance, [[Dana Elcar]] reprised his 1965 stage role and 1977 TV movie role of Vladimir in a 1992 Los Angeles production at the Santa Paula Theatre Center directed by [[Deborah LaVine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-11-vl-275-story.html |title=A New Stage : Dana Elcar, who will play in 'Waiting for Godot,' is learning that blindness doesn't have to stop him from being active |website=Los Angeles Times |date=11 June 1992 |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210174225/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-11-vl-275-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 September 1994, a rare French-language recording of the play, recorded at the Theatre de Babylone shortly after the 1953 Paris premiere with the original cast and director ''(see [[#France and Germany|above]])'' was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc84b9e8d25a4ffca3ad2d40237b7613 |title="En Attendant Godot" |website=BBC Programme Index |date=3 September 1994 |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223195008/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc84b9e8d25a4ffca3ad2d40237b7613 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following day, 4 September 1994, [[BBC Radio 3]] broadcast a production in English with [[Alan Howard (actor)|Alan Howard]] as Vladimir, [[Michael Maloney]] as Estragon, Stratford Jones as Pozzo, [[Simon Russell Beale]] as Lucky, Tristan Moriarty as The Boy and [[Geraldine McEwan]] as The Narrator;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3bed285b78274b2aa94cc190766fcf8e |title=The Sunday Play: "Waiting for Godot" |website=BBC Programme Index |date=4 September 1994 |access-date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223193411/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3bed285b78274b2aa94cc190766fcf8e |url-status=live }}</ref> this production was rebroadcast on BBC Radio 3 30 June 1995 and 5 September 1999.

In 1996, the [[Stratford Festival]] staged a production directed by [[Brian Bedford]], with [[Stephen Ouimette]] as Estragon, [[Tom McCamus]] as Vladimir, [[James Blendick]] as Pozzo, Tim MacDonald as Lucky and [[Joe Dinicol]] as The Boy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/476 |title=Stratford Festival Production/Event Register: Waiting for Godot, 1996 |website=Stratford Festival |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210185931/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/476 |url-status=live }}</ref> The cast reunited in March 1997 to perform the play on [[CBC Radio]]'s "Bank of Montreal Stratford Festival Series" and again at the Stratford Festival for the 1998 season at the Tom Patterson Theatre (with Philip Psutka replacing Dinicol as The Boy), again directed by Bedford.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/502 |title=Stratford Festival Production/Event Register: Waiting for Godot, 1998 |website=Stratford Festival |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210191743/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/502 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 1999, the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]] staged a production directed by Matthew Lloyd with [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] as Vladimir, [[Brian Pettifer]] as Estragon and [[Nicky Henson]] as Pozzo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REVIEW: Waiting for Godot, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Runs until June 26. |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6123470.review-waiting-for-godot-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester-runs-until-june-26/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=The Bolton News |date=19 May 1999 |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214111309/https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6123470.review-waiting-for-godot-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester-runs-until-june-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref>