On my first birthday after moving to DC, I walked around in town with a copy of Happy Days. At Sheridan Circle, I sat down and finished my reading. Since then every time I walk past here, I cannot help thinking it’d be a perfect place to stage Samuel Beckett’s absurd play at summer night.
I have seen the play in a theater with the female protagonist buried in a dirt mound starting at her waist and then all the way to the neck, but this stone platform looks better and would be more convenient. Read more
Winniecan easily lower herself behind the wall. The wall has just sufficient amount of surface for her black bag.With the right lighting, General Sheridan would be vaguely there– saving an actor to play the husband, who appears only as a shadowy figure in the play.
After these many years I am still pleased with my idea and even feel a bit proud.