- Is an in depth remembering and re-creation of the famous 1957 production of Waiting For Godot--so famously used by writer Martin Esslin as the introduction to his important work: The Theater of the Absurd. Also covers some little known German performances in which its suggested that former Nazis performed Waiting For Godot at a Jewish Cultural Building in 1956 (new finding). Also covers Beckett's study locale across the street from the Sante prison and the revelation from James Knowlson's Beckett biography Damned To Fame provides the last startling statement on Beckett, the play, and prisoners.—Jacob Adams
- Documentary on the legendary November 19th, 1957 production of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot by the San Francisco Actor's Workshop performed at the San Quentin Prison. Interviews include actors, directors, and former inmates. Being used as a source for 3 dissertations, presenting new information on this seminal performance made famous by Martin Esslin's book The Theatre of the Absurd.—Anonymous
- Covers chiefly the 1957 San Quentin production of Godot. Also covers Beckett's study locale across the street from the Sante prison and the revelation from James Knowlson's Beckett biography Damned To Fame provides the last startling statement on Beckett, the play, and prisoners.—Jacob Adams
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