Happy Days (Šťastné dny, 1980)

Přidal: Přemek |

Březen 11, 2009

Samuel Beckett. Produkce Joseph Papp. Produkce gramofonové desky Ward Botsford. Sleeve-note Barbara Bray. Režie Andrei Serban.

Osoby a obsazení: Winnie, žena kolem padesáti (Irene Worth), Willie, muž kolem šedesáti (George Voskovec). Beckettovy autorské poznámky čte John Peterson.

Natočeno 1979. Vydalo nakladatelství Caedmon Records v roce 1980 (2 LP, 33 1/3 rpm., stereo. ;31 cm; 74 min.).

Obsah: Part One: Act I (beginning) 14:58 [from 'Expanse of scorched earth..' to '...a brief gale of laughter should I happen to hear the old joke again']

Part Two: Act I (continuation) 15:22 [from 'My hair...did I brush and comb my hair?' to 'What a happy day it will have been for me...so far']

Part Three: Act I (conclustion) 20:16 [from 'What a blessing nothing grows here...' to end of Act I]

Part Four: Act II (complete) 23:23 [Complete]

Pozn.: Happy Days is a play in two acts, written in English, by Samuel Beckett. He began the play on 8th October 1960 and it was completed on 14th May 1961. Beckett finished the translation into French by November 1962 but amended the title. ?In a moment of inspiration, he borrowed the title ‚Oh les beaux jours’, from Verlaine?s poem, ?Colloque sentimental??.

‚Winnie is one of those parts, I believe, that actresses will want to play in the way that actors aim at Hamlet ? a ‚summit‘ part. ? Dame Peggy Ashcroft

This is a vinyl rip of the 1980 recording issued by Caedmon Records of the production of The New York Shakespeare Fesitval’s 1978-1979 season, with the original cast. There is also a video performance of the same production, but it is to my mind inferior in timing and emphasis to this one. Until the BBC decides to issue a recording of Billie Whitelaw’s legendary Beckett-directed production, this will suffice. (anotace)