In Waiting for Godot, two wanderers, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place, and memory blur together and meaning is where you find it. The two hope that Godot will change their lives for the better. Instead, two other travelers arrive, one man on the end of the other’s rope. The results of the encounter are both funny and dangerous in this existential masterpiece