Largo Desolato

Also known as Vaclav Havel's 'Largo Desolato', Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato

A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on two days in the life of a dissident writer who is awaiting the knock at the door that may send him to prison.