Beckett's "meaning" often lies in the form of the work as much as in the content. For instance, NOT I is about a human being whose disorientation from life expresses itself in a stream of words spewed out at tremendous speed. If you can't follow everything that's being said, try and listen to the sounds that are being made, take in the visual image and be aware of the emotional effect this has on you.

It seems to me that Samuel Beckett's work is often perceived to be highly intellectual and you, therefore, have to be something of an academic to understand or appreciate it. While the rigour of Beckett's intellect can't be denied, this is, in a way, the opposite of the truth. I believe Beckett was a highly compassionate and understanding man and his works should be responded to on an emotional level - one human being (you, the spectator) connecting with other human beings (Beckett's "characters") who are suffering from the same basic human predicaments.