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Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies

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The Peartaker: Pinter, Rudkin, and the Midlands

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 10th October 2017 by Catriona Fallow10th October 2017

This is the shine, the powder and blood, and here am I, Straddled, exile always in one Whitbread Ale town, Or such. Pinter, New Year in the Midlands (1950) ‘[I]n this gaudy, bawd-filled Midlands pub one even wonders if there is a glimpse of Pinter himself in “the clamping/ Red shirted boy ragefull, thudding his cage.”’ Billington, The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (1996) Ahead of the project’s first … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Influence, Legacy, Poetry, Production, Stage | Tagged Afore Night Come, Aldwych Theatre, Birmingham, David Rudkin, New Arts Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter

Harold Pinter at the RSC: Beyond The Homecoming

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 15th September 2017 by Catriona Fallow15th September 2017

Harold Pinter’s affiliation with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the impact of the works he produced there, and his artistic relationship with its founding director Peter Hall are typically discussed in relation to early seminal productions such as The Collection (1962), The Homecoming (1965) or Old Times (1971). These mainstage productions at the Aldwych Theatre – the RSC’s first London base from 1961 to 1983 – have become canonical both … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Influence, Legacy, Production, Stage | Tagged Aldwych Theatre, Michael Kustow, Old Times, Peter Hall, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Birthday Party, The Collection, The Dumb Waiter, The Homecoming, Theatregoround
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