Tea Party (1965)

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Tea Party (1964)

Channel	BBC One
Broadcast Date	25 March 1965
Broadcast time	21:35:00
Length (minutes)	65
Black and White	Yes
Series	Largest Theatre in the World
Episode
Broadcast Notes	The European Broadcasting Union commissioned this work to be broadcast across several countries in different languages under the Largest Theatre in the World banner. A note on the script: the work here is a play written for radio that is being relayed on television. We are unaware of any differences in dialogue between the broadcast text and the published text of the play. A television script would have been prepared for the broadcast, but we are not aware of any archival resource that has retained this to consult.
Language	English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Charles Jarrott (1927 - 2011)

Creative | Director

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Sydney Newman (1917 - 1997)

Production | Producer

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Eileen Diss (1931)

Creative | Designer

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Linked Organisations

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)

Characters

Mother (Tea Party) (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Hilda Barry (1884 - 1979)

Tom (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Peter Bartlett

John (Tea Party) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Robert Bartlett

Lois (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Margaret Denyer

Willy (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Charles Gray

Disley (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: John Le Mesurier (1912 - 1983)

Disson (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Leo McKern (1920 - 2002)

Toastmaster (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Hugh Owens

Father (Tea Party) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Frederick Piper

Diana (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Jennifer Wright

Wendy (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Vivien Merchant (1929 - 1982)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Pinter at the BBC, 2019 DVD (URL)

Type: DVD

External Link: https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pinter-at-the-bbc-5-dvd-set.html#.XuICBS2ZNhE

This broadcast is included in this BFI/BBC box set. It was newly scanned in 2K from an original 16mm source.

Sources

Audience Research Report VR/65/162: The Tea Party, 1965

BBC Written Archives Centre

Audience research report

Disturbing Television Play by Pinter

The Times, 26 March 1965, p. 15

Newspaper review

It’s No Tea Party for the Bride ...

Daily Mirror, 25 March 1965, p. 18

Newspaper review

Paranoid’s Progress

The Observer, 28 March 1965, p. 25

Newspaper review

Pinter Play Looks at Man Searching for Place in Life

Daily Express, 26 March 1965, p. 4

Newspaper review

Pinter’s Tea Party on BBC Television

The Guardian, 26 March 1965, p. 13

Newspaper review

Article and listing

Radio Times, 18 March 1965 (illustrated article, p. 47; listing, p. 51)

Magazine

Television Drama and the Visual Image

The Times, 3 April 1965, p. 12

Newspaper review

Michael Billington's biography of Harold Pinter

Michael Billington, Harold Pinter, 2nd edn (London: Faber & Faber, 2007)

Biography

pp. 158 ff.