Riverside Studios, LondonTrevor Nunn's production of Samuel Beckett's classic play is stronger on music-hall comedy than bleakness When Peggy Ashcroft played Winnie at the National Theatre, she likened the experience to "climbing Everest". The resilient central character of Happy Days, equanimous even while trapped in a mound of earth, was also played by Billie Whitelaw under the direction of Samuel Beckett himself. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM on June 18, 2021