"Happy Days" was written in 1960 and first produced in London at the Royal Court
Theatre in November 1962. Winnie: [ ...] Well anyway - this man Shower - or Coo
ker - no matter - and the woman - hand in hand - in the other hands bags - kind
of big brown grips - standing there gaping at me [...] What's she doing? he says
. What's the idea? he says - stuck up to her diddies in the bleeding ground - co
arse fellow.
What does it mean? he says. What's it meant to mean? - and so on
- lot more stuff like that - usual drivel - Do you hear me? He says. I do, she
says, God help me.
What do you mean, he says, God help you? (stops filing nai
ls, raises head, gazes front.) And you, she says, what's the idea of you, she sa
ys, what are you meant to mean?
