I think there has been a failure of conscience on the part of writers and intellectuals in the Western world.
— Susan Sontag
Yesterday, I wrote a post on “time” in “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett–since Beckett’s been on my mind, while I’ve been reading Augustine. To my surprise, I woke up this morning to a NYTimes Op-Ed about the 1993 performance of “Waiting for Godot” in Sarajevo–a production which was overseen by Susan Sontag. In these two videos, Sontag discusses her involvement in the Sarajevo production, and her activism abroad. Naturally, “Waiting for Godot” lends itself to being performed in situations and spaces with no exit. One of my favorite performances of “Waiting for Godot” would have to be the historic production of the play at San Quentin Prison. It’s not hard to imagine a production of “Waiting for Godot” being staged sometime soon in or near Syria…
