The journey, vast and symbolic, makes the pilgrim small, reduced to a dot moving imperceptibly along lines where millions of other dots are simultaneously moving and have moved before.
This time, though, the tramps are taking their grievances to Godot, and they're armed. Inside their boxy double-breasted suits, Oscar and Gris are packing Lugers, on a mission to kill President Truman.
Barbot's audacious, quick-witted play keeps constantly in the air the question of vigilantism, whether audiences are even aware of the historical truth behind its premise.
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola really did open fire on the Secret Service outside Blair House, where Truman was staying during a White House renovation, on November 1, 1950.
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