Vintage Polish Poster | Czekajac Na Godota | Waiting for Godot

In “Waiting for Godot” (1949), written by the playwright Samuel Beckett, the protagonists Vladimir and Estragon spend the entire play (and, it seems, their entire lives) waiting for a mysterious person named Godot. However, Godot never shows up, and we never learn who he is. Through its absurdist and nihilistic tone, “Waiting for Godot” prompts audiences to question the meaning of life and their own existence. The English-language version of the play premiered in London in 1955. In a poll conducted by the British Royal National Theatre in 1998/99, it was voted as the “most significant English-language play of the 20th century”. The poster artist, Irena Chrul, originally from Germany, lives and works in Italy. She attended the Academy of the Art schools of Posen in Poland. Her prime activity is painting. Her work is shown all over the world: Warsaw, New York, Hamburg, Montreal, Venice, and others. Her impressive career began before even the end of her university studies, creating costumes for not less than 14 plays including an opera. She made her first exhibition at the prestigious Zacheta Gallery of Warsaw.