ENNISKILLEN-NORTHERN IRELAND
Eh Joe & BECKETT'S WOMEN
HAPPY DAYS INTERNATIONAL BECKETT FESTIVAL
CITY THEATRE/CHURCH HALL
"There was lots else to see and hear in the festival’s first few days: A double bill of “Eh Joe,” created for television in 1966, with the actor Eric Prince, and “Beckett’s Women,” extracts from plays performed by Wendy Ishii"
- The New York Times
"In a church hall, Beckett’s first TV play, Eh Joe (1965), relayed as if on retro black-and-white sets, featured a first-rate turn from Eric Prince as the silent, crazed, tormented Joe."
- The Daily Telegraph, UK
Eh Joe, Beckett’s first play for television - originally broadcast in 1966 by BBC Television - the rarely seen play remains one of Beckett’s distinctive dramas. It is simultaneously chilling, poetic, and spellbinding. This re-visioning, authorized by the Samuel Beckett Estate, features Actor/Director Eric Prince and famed Beckett Actress Wendy Ishii in a visual and aural interpretation that remains true to Beckett’s vision.
Beckett's Women with Award-Winning Beckett Actress Wendy Ishii explores moments from the plays of Samuel Beckett. Many of Samuel Beckett’s memorable moments are provided by the voices of his women, characters that seem earthly and recognizable, yet inhabit strange and spectral places of torment. Beckett’s Women gently opens windows into an austere and imaginative universe.
This production was sanctioned by the Beckett Estate.
DIRECTOR Eric Prince, Laura Jones
SCENIC DESIGNER Tricia Navarre
COSTUME DESIGNER Maile Speechens
LIGHTING DESIGNER Price Johnston
SOUND DESIGNER Jimmie Robinson
PROJECTION DESIGN Price Johnston
PRODUCER Sean Doran, Arts Without Borders