Synopsis
Deathwatch
Published by Faber & Faber
3 Male 1 Female
Short and intensely powerful, it provides an excellent introduction to his later dramatic work - The Maids, The Balcony and The Blacks
Three young convicts share a cell
Locked into a world of dangerous rivalries, criminals Lefranc and Maurice compete for the attention of the charismatic condemned man, Green-Eyes
Informed by his own experience in French prisons, Deathwatch is an explosive exploration of the inversion of moral order
REVIEWS
★★★★★... the intense claustrophobia and the torments that three confined people inflict on one another are horribly compelling" ~ Whats On Stage
★★★★★ "Both beautiful and horrifying to watch intense and utterly captivating" ~ The Upcoming
"Expertly translated by David Rudkin ... set in a prison cell, it makes for a clammily powerful 75 minutes" ~ The Guardian