Front Row | Ian McKellen
Based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Sir Ian McKellen discusses taking on the role of Estragon in Waiting for Godot - a play voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century in a National Theatre poll of 800 playwrights, actors, directors and journalists.
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- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 6'44''
- Broadcast date: 2014
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- Literary Resource
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