As a bit of a talker herself, Pauline McLynn finds plenty to say to about playing Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy DaysPauline McLynn knows she has a marathon ahead. Peggy Ashcroft once described Winnie, in Beckett's Happy Days, as the female equivalent of Hamlet " a "summit" role. Winnie is on stage all the time with only a handbag and a monosyllabic husband for support. Talk keeps her going. "For Winnie, the rule i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM on May 7, 2011