Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett (2019)
• December 22nd, 2019 • 0h 58min
Documentary
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Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot.
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