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Harold Pinter at ITV

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 20th March 2019 by Billy Smart20th March 2019

Although primarily remembered as a theatrical writer, Harold Pinter’s early dramas reached a greater audience through Britain’s recently launched commercial television network, ITV. Between 1960 and 1966, ITV viewers enjoyed eight plays by Pinter, all broadcast in evening prime time, a full-length production of The Birthday Party (1960) followed by versions of The Dumb Waiter, The Room (both 1961) and The Caretaker (1966). In addition, ITV premiered four original Pinter … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged A Night Out, Armchair Theatre, Billy Smart, ITV, Night School, The Collection, The Lover

Sir Peter Hall, 1930-2017

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 15th September 2017 by Mark Taylor-Batty2nd July 2019

The Pinter: Histories and Legacies team were saddened to learn earlier this week of the death of Sir Peter Hall. Without any doubt, Hall was the most important figure in post-war twentieth-century British theatre, a director and visionary whose own history is a map of that period, and whose legacies are interwoven into the fabric of the British cultural landscape. He modernised the British theatre, elevated the role and artistry … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Influence, Interview, Legacy | Tagged A Kind of Alaska, Betrayal, Family Voices, John Gielgud, Landscape, Michael Codron, National Theatre, No Man's Land, Old Times, Peter Hall, Ralph Richardson, Royal Shakespeare Company, Samuel Beckett, Silence, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Collection, The Homecoming, Victoria Station

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

Harold Pinter on DVD and Blu-ray: A Guide

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 20th July 2017 by Billy Smart14th August 2017

When looking for DVD or Blu-ray copies of Harold Pinter’s work on screen, a simple rule generally applies – if it was made for television it is unlikely to have been commercially released, whereas if it was a film it almost certainly has (but it might well now be deleted). This article is intended to serve as a simple guide to what has been made available and (where it applies) … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Film, Television | Tagged A Night Out, Accident, Adam Hall, Aidan Higgins, Alan Bates, Anthony Shaffer, Armchair Theatre, BBC, Betrayal, Butley, Christopher Morahan, Clive Donner, Comfort of Strangers, David Jones, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Bowen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Fred Uhlman, Harry Burton, Heat of the Day, Helen Mirren, Ian McEwan, Jack Clayton, Jerry Schatzberg, John Fowles, John Irvin, Joseph Losey, Karel Reisz, Kenneth Branagh, L.P. Hartley, Langrishe Go Down, Laurence Olivier, Malcolm McDowell, Margaret Atwood, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Anderson, Nicholas Mosley, Nobel Prize, Paul Rogers, Penelope Mortimer, Peter Hall, Philip Saville, Reunion, Robin Maugham, Russell Hoban, Simon Gray, Sleuth, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Collection, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Go-Between, The Handmaid's Tale, The Homecoming, The Last Tycoon, The Pumpkin Eater, The Quiller Memorandum, The Servant, The Trial, Turtle Diary, Volker Schlondorff
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