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Samuel Beckett's Happy Days is turning 60. Its image of a trapped woman is as potent as ever by Claire Thomas

Claire Thomas will never forget the first time she saw Happy Days. Her new novel, The Performance, revolves around it I first saw Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in 2009. I remember the barren stage and the entombed woman at its centre, whose utterances filled the theatre and carried the content of the play. Happy Days " which turns 60 this year " has a stunning and simple premise: a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM on February 22, 2021

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