简介：HappyDaysisanadaptationofSamuelBeckett'schallengingabsurdistdrama,aplaymostwoulddeemunfilmable.FaithfullyadheringtoBeckett'sminimalistoriginal,ablackparodyoflove,marriage,andoursearchformeaninginanunfathomableuniverse,thepiececonsistsofbuttwopatheticcharacters.One,wifeWinnie,spendsthedurationofthedramahalf-buriedinapileofdirt;intrueBeckettfashion,herpredicamentisneverexplained.Theothercharacter,husbandWillie,isalmostneverseen.DublinstageandscreenveteranRosaleenLinehan,inthelead,isexceptionalasthetrappedwomanclingingtotheempty,arbitraryroutinesandritualsoflife,everhopefulthat'thisisgoingtobeahappyday.'…