Even so astute a commentator as Harold Clurman of The Nation has said that `` Waiting For Godot '' is `` the concentrate of the contemporary European mood of despair ''.

Harold Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting For Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe's present politics, ethic, and common way of life ''.

Crenshaw's version of " Crying, Waiting, Hoping " is featured on the La Bamba original motion picture soundtrack.

Waiting times, which have already fallen considerably under Blair ( median wait time is about 6 weeks for elective non-urgent surgery ) are also in focus.

* The Earth is Waiting ( 1974 )

Waiting for Godot ( ) is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot.

Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French version, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled ( in English only ) " a tragicomedy in two acts ".

" Waiting for Godot is clearly not about track cycling, but it is said that Beckett himself did wait for French cyclist Roger Godeau ( 1920 – 2000 ; a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961 ), outside the velodrome in Roubaix.

Waiting for them when they arrive is a guest — Gino Molinari, the elected leader of Earth.

* Six Feet Under (" Everyone's Waiting ", 2005 ): Keith Charles is shot and killed by robbers seizing the contents of his armored truck.

The titular day, the author explains, is the day after Lousy Wednesday, and the day before Waiting Friday.

* Wizard ( performed by Richard Hunt )-The Wizard is a supposed master of prestidigitation who visits Fraggle Rock occasionally to show off his magic tricks, which include the " Blooming Flower " trick and the " Double Twisted Over Back Flip While Escaping from Ropes and Waiting to Be Eaten While You're All Tied Up " trick.

Palmers Green railway station car park is the location for a Sunday farmer's market and also the Waiting Rooms cafe () which hosts live blues music on a Friday evening with performances from and including ' Mad Dog ' Dave Barnes and Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts guitarist Graham Hine.

" Waiting in Walthamstow " is a song by The Cranberries from the album Roses.

Tonopah's current fame may rest on the reference to it in the chorus of the song " Willin '" by Lowell George of Little Feat on the albums Little Feat, Sailin ' Shoes and Waiting for Columbus, but it is also possible that the song is actually referring to Tonopah, Arizona:

East of the Central Lobby is the East Corridor leading to the Lower Waiting Hall, to the east of which is the Members Dining Room located in the very centre of the east front.

Waiting at the back door of a night club is Joey Crown, a down-and-out trumpet player.

She is one of the principal characters in the 1983 novel The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford.

A " stuttered " or interrupted dial tone is often used to indicate that voice mail is waiting ( see Message Waiting Indicator ), or that a calling feature such as call forwarding has been activated.

Film critic, Susan Stark from The Detroit News stated, " For all the pleasure there is in seeing effective, great-looking black women grappling with major life issues on screen, Waiting to Exhale is an uneven piece.

Waiting until the project is finished before objecting does generally not work, since new existing establishments are unlikely to be shut down.

The music video for their 1982 / 83 single " Come Dancing " helped hoist the record to # 12 on the UK charts, and # 6 in the U. S — their biggest hit since " Tired of Waiting for You " in 1965.

A military science fiction franchise and alternate history universe, it spans all media and has lasted for more than 20 years since his January 1987 radio drama While Waiting For The Red Spectacles.

Waiting for Lefty, Awake and Sing !, and Paradise Lost, in particular, have enjoyed numerous revivals since the 2008 economic crash.

Järegård was since 1962 an actor in Sweden's prominent Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he came to perform a number of much celebrated parts: his eccentric Hitler in Schweik in the Second World War by Bertolt Brecht ( 1963 ), Estragon in the legendary 1966 Dramaten-staging of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Thersites in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida 1967, Orgon in Molière's Tartuffe 1971, Hjalmar Ekdahl in Ingmar Bergman's 1972 production of Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Nero in Jean Racine's Britannicus ( 1974 ), a spot-on portrayal of August Strindberg in play Tribadernas natt ( The Night of the Tribades ) by Per Olov Enquist, the title role in Richard III by Shakespeare ( 1980 ) and the extremely creepy-and slightly perverted-boss Sven in VD (" CEO ") by Stig Larsson in 1985, among others.

The band's first new studio album since 2002 was released on 11 October 2010, and includes the singles " Take You Home ", " Don't Wanna Lose You Again ", " In Love and I Hate It " and " Waiting for Daylight ".

As an actor, Cook has appeared in films since 1997, including Mystery Men, Waiting ..., Employee of the Month, Good Luck Chuck, Dan in Real Life, Mr. Brooks ( in a non-comedic role ), and My Best Friend's Girl.

The band have continued to dip into his portfolio for cover art ever since, having made a promise to that effect in the sleevenotes for this album, although in recent years this has amounted to little more than incorporating the tomato from the cover of Waiting For Columbus into a CAD image by RipBang design.

Waiting for the Dawn ( Mingyi daifanglu, ) was a summary of ideas about political reform that had been advanced by various scholars since the reign of Wanli ( 1573 – 1619 ).

He was a Lord in Waiting from 1992 – 97 to Queen Elizabeth II, and has been a Permanent Lord in Waiting since 2000.

American author Walter J. P. Curley interviewed Duarte Nuno near the end of his life, and his book Monarchs in Waiting describes Duarte Nuno as suffering from " nervous depression " since the death of his wife.

It also rose to # 2 on the UK Singles Chart, marking the highest peak performance from Ross as a solo artist since " I'm Still Waiting " in 1971.

Waiting for the ball was Pelé, who had arrived at speed and with perfect timing.

" Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room ", 1885-87 painting by the Norway | Norwegian writer and painter Christian Krohg illustrating his then very controversial novel Albertine about the life of a prostitute

The former Imperial Waiting Room at the main train station in Nizhny Novgorod

Smith starred in and served as executive producer for the independent romantic comedy Waiting For Ophelia, which had its world premiere at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2009.

* January 5 – Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot has its first public stage première in French as En attendant Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris.

Waiting for lunch outside a mess hall at noon July 7, 1942

James Callaghan at the 1978 TUC sings " Waiting at the Church " to convey that there would be no General Election that year.

His decision to put off the election, at the time, seen by many as a sign of his domination of the political scene and he ridiculed his opponents by singing old-time music hall star Vesta Victoria's song " Waiting at the Church " at that month's Trades Union Congress meeting: now seen as one of the greatest moments of hubris in modern British politics, but celebrated at the time.

He has also appeared in Seán O ' Casey's Juno and the Paycock at Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, and fulfilled a lifetime ambition when taking to the stage of the Irish capital's Abbey Theatre in 1970 to perform in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot alongside Donal McCann.

Her debut album Been Waiting earned her seven nominations at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards, winning the award of ' Highest Selling Single ' for " Running Back ".

The idea for Bottom was spawned when, in 1991, Edmondson and Mayall co-starred in the West End production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre.

* Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot was first performed on 5 January 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris.

But when he learns to use his tools effectively, they are confiscated: the scissors, when he reasons that in addition to cutting his fingernails, he might cut his throat ; the blocks and rope, when he discovers that they might make a gallows .” ( Vladimir and Estragon also contemplate suicide in this way at the end of Waiting for Godot ).

Waiting at their July 20 show, Stills received a laconic telegram: Dear Stephen, funny how things that start spontaneously end that way.

* 1991: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, at the Queen's Theatre in the West End.

Abraham has focused on stage work throughout his career, giving notable performances as Pozzo in Mike Nichols's production of Waiting for Godot, Malvolio in Twelfth Night for the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, for the Off Broadway Theatre For A New Audience ( TFANA ) in March 2007, which was performed at the Duke Theatre in New York and also at The Swan Theatre, part of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Among Haydon's other pictures were: Eucles and Punch ( 1829 ); Napoleon at St Helena, for Sir Robert Peel ; Xenophon, on his Retreat with the ' Ten Thousand ,' first seeing the Sea ; and Waiting for the Times, purchased by the Marquis of Stafford ( all 1831 ); and Falstaff and Achilles playing the Lyre ( 1832 ).

Waiting until the mother is at least 18 years old before trying to have children improves maternal and child health.