Front Row | Waiting for Godot (black cast)
Based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
The first-ever British production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot with a cast of black actors is about to open at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Actors Jeffery Kissoon and Patrick Robinson and director Ian Brown reflect on how this casting changes the play.
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- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 9'11''
- Broadcast date: 2012
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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