Watt
The bizarre adventures of Watt and his struggle to make sense of the world around him are told with verbal elegance, immense pathos and fierce humour.
Watt is the extraordinary story of an itinerant character who walks one day from a train station to the home of a Mr Knott whom he will serve. The bizarre adventures of Watt and his struggle to make sense of the world around him are told with verbal elegance, immense pathos and fierce humour.
‘McGovern reminded us that Beckett was, among many other things, one of the great Irish humorists... explosively funny’ The Guardian
‘full of comic suprises... and oddly touching as well’ San Francisco Chronicle
Gate Theatre Dublin
By Samuel Beckett
Texts from the novel selected by Barry McGovern
Cast Barry McGovern
Tom Creed Director
Joan O’Clery Costume designer
James McConnell Lighting designer
Denis Clohessy Sound designer
Barry McGovern after Samuel Beckett Music