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7. Please refer to Story A2 and answer the following question. Judging from the information provided in the paragraph, which of the following statements is accurate?
a. The 1955 production of Waiting for Godot was the play's first performance.
b. Waiting for Godot was written by Peter Hall.
c. The sets and characters in Waiting for Godot were typical of London stage productions in the 1950s.
d. Waiting for Godot was not first performed in English.


Story A2
The English language premiere of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot took place in London
in August 1955. Godot is an avant-garde play with only five characters (not including Mr. Godot,
who never arrives) and a minimal setting: one rock and one bare tree. The play has two acts;
the second act repeats what little action occurs in the first with few changes: The tree, for
instance, acquires one leaf. In a statement that was to become famous, the critic, Vivian
Mercer, has described Godot as "a play in which nothing happens twice." Opening night, critics
and playgoers greeted the play with bafflement and derision. The line, "Nothing happens,
nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful," was met by a loud rejoinder of "Hear! Hear!" from an
audience member. _____________________________________. However, Harold Hobson's
review in The Sunday Times managed to recognize the play for what history has proven it to be,
a revolutionary moment in theater

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. "Waiting for Godot was not first performed in English" is the only accurate statement among the options.

Waiting for Godot is a play written by Samuel Beckett and it is composed of two acts. Furthermore, it is considered to be a masterpiece due to its innovations, which positioned it as one of the most important 'absurd plays' ever written. Waiting for Godot was first performed in French on January 5th, 1953. Moreover, the original name of the play, that is to say without the translation, is En attendant Godot.