Deathwatch

<p>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.<br> <br> Informed by his own experience in French prisons, Jean Genet's first play, <i>Deathwatch</i> is an explosive exploration of the inversion of moral order.<br> Genet was one of the most prominent and provocative writers of the twentieth century.<br> <br> Jean Genet's <i>Deathwatch</i> premiered in this translation by David Rudkin with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987 and was revived at the Print Room, London, in April 2016.</p>