Prisoners of Beckett is the meeting of two worlds that never usually converge.
One is comprised of poetry and freedom, the other silence and obscurity.
It’s a true story, which begins in a high security prison in Sweden, where a young actor, Jan Jonson, decides to stage “Waiting for Godot” with a cast of five prisoners.
Their performances turn out to be so unique and genuine that Beckett grants them the right to perform his play and follows the enterprise from his Parisian retreat.Read More »