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Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies

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Brian Blessed and Pinter’s The Room: a real knock-out

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 22nd December 2017 by Catriona Fallow6th March 2018

‘Shouting? Swearing? Threats? Menacing looks? I know what you’re thinking: it sounds just like a Harold Pinter play!’ Brian Blessed, Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder than Life Story (London: Pan Books, 2015), p. 77. As the Harold Pinter: Histories and Legacies team prepare for the holiday season, what better time to reflect on some of the more surprising finds and amusing anecdotes we’ve come across? In his 2015 autobiography, Absolute Pandemonium, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Production, Stage, Uncategorised | Tagged Brian Blessed, Bristol Old Vic, Gulbenkian Studio, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Room, University of Bristol

Pinter Goes West: Betrayal at Salisbury Playhouse & The Caretaker at Bristol Old Vic

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 19th October 2017 by Graham Saunders3rd December 2017

In the run-up to the tenth anniversary since Harold Pinter’s death, theatre audiences in the West of England have had the opportunity to see both early and late middle period work with The Caretaker at Bristol Old Vic and Betrayal at Salisbury Playhouse. The two young directors (Christopher Haydon and Jo Newman), have succeeded in refreshing these two repertoire favourites. Past Pinter productions haunted me on the train journey to … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Influence, Legacy, Politics, Production, Stage | Tagged Betrayal, Bristol Old Vic, Closer, Joan Bakewell, Patrick Marber, Peter Hall, Salibsury Playhouse, The Caretaker
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