Beckett’s Absurdist Vision Comes to Vivid Life at Irish Repertory Theatre
The key to any production of ‘Endgame’ lies in mining the humor with which the playwright relayed despair. It’s best summed up by Nell, who observes, ‘Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.’

The program cover for Irish Repertory Theatre’s excellent new production of “Endgame” is designed like a chess board, with sketches of the four world-class actors who make up the company — Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Grifasi, and Patrice Johnson Chevannes — occupying squares.
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