The Cocteau's opening season included a play by Cocteau, Orphée, in addition to works by William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde. In 1973, the company implemented the repertory format it maintained in subsequent decades and received some of its first wide acclaim, for a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. In 1974.Jean Cocteau Repertory was founded in 1971 by Eve Adamson, who named it in honor of French playwright, director and artist Jean Cocteau.[1] "The Cocteau" had a reputation for serious and respectful productions of classical plays.