In 1954, Samuel Beckett received a letter from an inmate in Luttringhausen Prison:
"You will be surprised to be receiving a letter about your play Waiting for Godot, from a prison where so many thieves, forgers, toughs, homos, crazy men and killers spend this bitch of a life waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting. Waiting for what? Godot? Perhaps."
Years later, Becket became good friends with former San Quentin inmate Rick Cluchey, who became a playwright and an actor. Beckett actually supported Cluchey financially as he began his career.
That's Cluchey above in Krapp's Last Tape.
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