It 's a startling vision -LRB- Troy Hourie designed the set -RRB- , and though hurricane relief was almost certainly not on Beckett 's agenda when he wrote the play , the recent history of New Orleans certainly comes to mind as Vladimir -LRB- Wendell Pierce -RRB- and Estragon -LRB- J. Kyle Manzay -RRB- stand atop their ruin and wait .
Wendell Pierce /people/person/place_of_birth New Orleans
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Wendell Pierce
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New Orleans
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