SAMUEL BECKETT'S HAPPY DAYS

MALTHOUSE THEATRE PRESENTS

SAMUEL BECKETT'S

HAPPY DAYS

DIRECTOR MICHAEL KANTOR
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER ANNA CORDINGLEY
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL JACKSON
SOUND RUSSELL GOLDSMITH
WITH PETER CARROLL & JULIE FORSYTH

JULY 3 - JULY 25
MERLYN THEATRE

In Happy Days, joy and sorrow, faith and despair are enjoined in classic Beckett fashion. Winnie, buried in a mound, still greets each day with a smile, applying her makeup and dutifully packing and unpacking her bag (the reassurance of a revolver within arm’s reach!). Her husband, Willie, burrows somewhere behind her, occasionally scanning the daily news or lending a mumbled reply to her probing questions.

Her’s might not be the ideal life, but should a happy day come her way she’ll seize it with both hands. Buried slowly beneath the mire of an indifferent universe, Winnie offers the bravest response possible. She persists.

"ANYONE WHO RESPONDS TO BECKETT BUT DOES NOT KNOW HAPPY DAYS WOULD BE CRAZY TO MISS THIS RARE, EXQUISITE MASTERPIECE."

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