by Samuel Beckett
Starring Billie Whitelaw
With Leonard Fenton

In May of this year Samuel Beckett, playwright, novelist and Nobel Prizewinner, came to London to direct a new version of his classic of modern theatre. This television presentation, specially produced for In Performance, is a rare opportunity to see how Beckett interprets his own work.

"The earth is very tight today, can it be I have put on flesh, I trust not."
Winnie, buried to her waist in a sandy mound, struggles to get through her day, searching for distractions that will stave off the panic of having nothing to say, nothing to do, no reason to continue living. Willie, her husband, offers little help.
Out of this bizarre and improbable setting Beckett makes a play that has many comic and touching moments. For an actress it is one of the most challenging parts in modern theatre. This is Billie Whitelaw's fifth production for Beckett.
A Royal Court Theatre production directed by Samuel Beckett