A few days ago the organisers of a world-class arts festival in Co. Fermanagh delivered some sad news: The Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, an annual celebration of the work and influence of playwright/author Samuel Beckett, will not be going ahead this year.
Established in 2012, the festival attracted visitors and performers from all over the world – hardly surprising given Beckett’s international acclaim (he wrote in both English and French) and his pioneering influence on Late Modernism and Theatre of the Absurd. But despite growing from strength to strength over the past four years, the Beckett Festival has been called to a shuddering halt this summer because of a substantial loss of funding.
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