Happy Days (2000)

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A middle-aged woman, half-buried in the earth, chatters away to a taciturn man, who lives in a hole behind her. Later, she is buried up to her neck, and the man does not seem to be about.
"Happy Days is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's challenging absurdist drama, a play most would deem unfilmable. Faithfully adhering to Beckett's minimalist original, a black parody of love, marriage, and our search for meaning in an unfathomable universe, the piece consists of but two pathetic characters. One, wife Winnie, spends the duration of the drama half-buried in a pile of dirt; in true Beckett fashion, her predicament is never explained. The other character, husband Willie, is almost never seen. Dublin stage and screen veteran Rosaleen Linehan, in the lead, is exceptional as the trapped woman clinging to the empty, arbitrary routines and rituals of life, ever hopeful that 'this is going to be a happy day.'" Synopsis written by Dog Breath
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  • @josephasghar
    @josephasghar3 ай бұрын

    Such a naturalistic and nuanced delivery, making the absurd accessible and compelling. Wonderful stuff.

  • @annevaughan999
    @annevaughan999 Жыл бұрын

    Rosaleen Lenihan what a masterclass - wonderful! Samuel Beckett would be proud. 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @jesseroy6112
    @jesseroy61122 жыл бұрын

    How does this have 3 likes???? Show some love to Winnie, she needs it i think!!

  • @newmontaigne70
    @newmontaigne70 Жыл бұрын

    I’m amazed that these masterworks get as many views as they do. No explosions! No cinematography! Just dialogue. Peerless dialogue. Peerless Monologue! I guarantee their soporific essence to Kids Today.

  • @thehistoryofgardening3726
    @thehistoryofgardening37262 жыл бұрын

    Fucking hell. What a hilarious and terrifying masterpiece of writing and acting.

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    Жыл бұрын

    Why do you swear?

  • @thehistoryofgardening3726

    @thehistoryofgardening3726

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt Tourettes

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thehistoryofgardening3726 Don't you mean dyslexia?

  • @thehistoryofgardening3726

    @thehistoryofgardening3726

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt Pobbisly

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thehistoryofgardening3726 Frack Yay 😁

  • @DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler
    @DerekHunterDHChaosRiddlerАй бұрын

    Best version of the play on KZread and anywhere else I've ever seen. Rosaleen Linehan is perfection, the direction spot on, and staging it in the desert in such a way makes the play all the more profound.

  • @honeyinglune8957
    @honeyinglune8957 Жыл бұрын

    People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness

  • @videoenator

    @videoenator

    Жыл бұрын

    Ouch!

  • @FistfulOfGabagool

    @FistfulOfGabagool

    Жыл бұрын

    Soren Kierkegaard

  • @mohammaddoubal98
    @mohammaddoubal982 жыл бұрын

    Samuel Beckett, may you rest in peace.. 🖤

  • @TaborTalk
    @TaborTalk2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for uploading this - this and “Krapp’s Last Tape” are my favs

  • @dranthonyv5475
    @dranthonyv5475 Жыл бұрын

    Great Art ! Thank you - beautiful beyond my understanding. Love you all for this.

  • @annie1q84
    @annie1q8411 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this masterpiece again!

  • @videoenator
    @videoenator Жыл бұрын

    Wow...!!! Bravo...!!! And this is the first time I get to see Willy, also...!!! Loved every minute, every word...!!!

  • @krishnamurtiism
    @krishnamurtiism Жыл бұрын

    I’ve got a feeling I’m going to be watching this for the rest of my life. As good as Krapps Last Tape.

  • @MikeGaughan-jq4eq
    @MikeGaughan-jq4eq2 ай бұрын

    Superb performance - great understanding.

  • @TaborTalk
    @TaborTalk2 жыл бұрын

    “The Platform” just popped on my Netflix feed…just started watching - it’s very good. Kinda weird, Netflix and KZread aren’t connected in any way as far as I know, anyway, happy coincidence I guess.

  • @woodjackson8424
    @woodjackson8424 Жыл бұрын

    Isn't she magnificent! ❤

  • @ivorfaulkner4768
    @ivorfaulkner47683 ай бұрын

    Rosaleen is unaware there’s a High Tide in Dublin Bay today

  • @WillShakes423
    @WillShakes4232 жыл бұрын

    Though I say not what I may not let you hear Yet the swaying dance is saying "Love me, Dear" Every touch of fingers tells me what I know Says for you, it's true, it's true, you love me so

  • @cokonutraw8800
    @cokonutraw8800Ай бұрын

    Where’s The Fonz?

  • @TaborTalk
    @TaborTalk2 жыл бұрын

    What’s in that bag, Winnie?

  • @jackieminns4030

    @jackieminns4030

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glasses and case, mirror, magnifying glass, lipstick, hat and a revolver!

  • @mrbenoit5018
    @mrbenoit5018 Жыл бұрын

    I see

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    Жыл бұрын

    One day you won't

  • @honeyinglune8957
    @honeyinglune89577 ай бұрын

    Don't forget your straw!

  • @Godless_Guru
    @Godless_Guru2 жыл бұрын

    Is this samuel beckett by any chance? Anyone know? Feels very becketty lol! If you like this go watch some of his films, you'll see what I mean.

  • @maya-di8nc

    @maya-di8nc

    2 жыл бұрын

    it certainly is

  • @jackieminns4030

    @jackieminns4030

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is indeed Samuel Beckett!

  • @Godless_Guru

    @Godless_Guru

    2 жыл бұрын

    Had a feeling it was! Thank you for the confirmation 👍

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Godless_Guru Aren't you allowed to look things up on the internet?