Endgame review – Beckett’s lonely clowns raise an extra laugh
Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghFlabbergast Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s desolate play leans into slapstick – and loses some of the searing threatThis production by Flabbergast Theatre, which specialises in physical comedy, shows you what a good fit clowning is for Samuel Beckett’s work. The tragicomic characters in director Henry Maynard’s production are wretchedly grotesque. Hamm (Maynard), the master of this reduced and desolate world, or what remains of it, is recognisably bombastic, with flamboyant flourishes to his attire (an enormous…
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