Female and non-binary performers deal with issue of playwright's instructions A dead man's voice can travel a long way. In 1988, Samuel Beckett sued a Dutch theatre company for casting women in his existential drama Waiting for Godot. When Beckett died a year later, responsibility for his estate was passed down to his nephew Edward, who has since continued to throttle any production that sways from his uncle's precis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PM on October 19, 2020