The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949.
The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949.
The premiere, directed by Roger Blin, was on 5 January 1953 at the , Paris.
In the first stage production, which Beckett oversaw, both are "more shabby-genteel than ragged...Vladimir at least is capable of being scandalised...on a matter of etiquette when Estragon begs for chicken bones or money." ===Pozzo and Lucky=== Jean Martin, who originated the role of Lucky in Paris in 1953, spoke to a doctor named Marthe Gautier, who was working at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
The English-language version premiered in London in 1955.
In a poll conducted by the British Royal National Theatre in 1998/99, it was voted the "most significant English language play of the 20th century". ==Plot== ===Act I === The play opens with two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meeting by a leafless tree, whose species is later speculated to be that of willow.
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