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 Cooker - 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 - coarse 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 nails, raises head, gazes front .) And you, she says, what's the idea of you, she says, what are you meant to mean?