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Prisoners of Beckett
Prisoners of Beckett
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PRISONERS OF BECKETT

Les prisonniers de Beckett

Directed by Mishka Saal
France, Canada, 2005
Documentary

Synopsis

After evaluating his chances, Swedish actor Jan Johnson went to the Kumla maximum security prison, one of the largest in the country, and presented the warden with the idea of staging Beckett’s Waiting for Godot featuring a cast of prison interns.

Synopsis

After evaluating his chances, Swedish actor Jan Johnson went to the Kumla maximum security prison, one of the largest in the country, and presented the warden with the idea of staging Beckett’s Waiting for Godot featuring a cast of prison interns.