In the 11+ years j_i_m_r and I have had season tickets to ACT, there have been only two plays we have walked out on at the intermission. When I went back and looked them up, I found it interesting to note that both were by Samuel Beckett.
One was _Waiting for Godot_. Although performed well by actors we like, we got tired of waiting. The other was Beckett's _Texts_. This was performed by Bill Irwin and featured prominently a Sisyphean dirt hillside. The futility of the situation was fully transmitted in the first ten minutes of the play. Since then, "A Pile of Dirt" has been shorthand between us for something worthy of being walked out on. From these two experiences and the description of _Happy Days_, I have concluded that Samuel Beckett's plays are not our cup of tea.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 03:28 pm (UTC)One was _Waiting for Godot_. Although performed well by actors we like, we got tired of waiting. The other was Beckett's _Texts_. This was performed by Bill Irwin and featured prominently a Sisyphean dirt hillside. The futility of the situation was fully transmitted in the first ten minutes of the play. Since then, "A Pile of Dirt" has been shorthand between us for something worthy of being walked out on. From these two experiences and the description of _Happy Days_, I have concluded that Samuel Beckett's plays are not our cup of tea.