Happy Days: Samuel Beckett

Synopsis:

Happy Days was written in 1960, in English, and first performed in New York in September 1961. The first London production was at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962.

‘Only Beckett could have written this play: a hilarious account of extinction, a short sonata for the dead, scored for female voice and male mumble.’ John Peter, Sunday Times

Tags:

Categorised as:
Music, Stage & Screen
Sub-categories:
Playscripts
Genres & Themes:
Absurdism; Beckett; Existentialism; Modernism
Awards & Prizes:
Nobel Prize in Literature - Winner 1969
Belongs to:
Series: Samuel Beckett
Happy Days book cover

Selected edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571244577
Published:
03.06.2010
No of pages:
80
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