Godot Arrives
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Godot Arrives is an absurdist play by Daniel Curzon. It is an unauthorized sequel to Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The plot is superficially similar to Beckett's play - in that "nothing happens, twice" - except for the absence of Pozzo and Lucky (neither of whom are mentioned), and the arrival of Godot.
The play begins where Waiting left off: Vladimir and Estragon faithfully waiting for Godot on the same country road. After some brief exposition, he/she "arrives" (the play specifies that Godot may be male, female, or a "child that can act"). Unfortunately, Godot does not quite seem to be what they expected. In fact, he/she seems to be something of a sadist (he/she whips them and spanks them on one occasion). He/she carries a bag of tricks, which is the source of many obtuse forms of "enlightenment" to be used on the hapless tramps.
In the second act another character whom Godot claims they have also been waiting for arrives: Bozo. Bozo is a somewhat sinister clown who seems to have his own plans for Vladimir and Estragon; it is not clear whether his name is a reference to Pozzo, or simply a reference to the famous clown by the same name.
After much mindless bantering and more bizarre activities (somewhat in the style of Waiting, but at other times stranger and more explicit), the play reaches its climax with the apparent deaths of Godot and Bozo, killed offstage by the irate Vladimir and Estragon, who have grown weary of their antics. They then proceed to do what they could never do in the original: leave. Godot and Bozo, who apparently did not succumb to their wounds, appear again and follow them off.
