The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
The Birthday Party (1970)
The Birthday Party (1957)
| Channel | BBC Radio 4 |
| Broadcast Date | 2 February 1970 |
| Broadcast time | 20:30:00 |
| Length (minutes) | 88 |
| Series | Harold Pinter Festival |
| Episode | |
| Description | A note on the script: the work here is a dramatic play that is being relayed on radio. 'Pinter collaborated with the producer Charles Lefeaux, adapting to radio the visual elements of the play, achieved in part by the creation of a narrator for the radio version.' (Bignell and Davies) This production was repeated on BBC Radio 4 on several occasions, including on 9 January 1978 as The Monday Play; and in the afternoon Theatre slot on 15 January 1978 and 23 May 1982; and on 2 November 2002 as part of the Harold Pinter Season. A recording of this broadcast is available on the UbuWeb website. It is unclear if this is a licensed release. |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
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Linked People
Charles Lefeaux (1909 - 1979)
Creative | Producer (radio/television)
Linked Organisations
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)
Characters
Meg (Age: sixties, Female)
Performer: Sylvia Coleridge (1909 - 1986)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)
Performer: John Hollis (1927 - 2005)
Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)
Performer: Barbara Mitchell (1929 - 1977)
Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)
Performer: Lee Montague (1927)
McCann (Age: 30, Male)
Performer: Norman Rodway (1929 - 2001)
Petey (Age: sixties, Male)
Performer: Cyril Shaps
Narrator (Age: Not Specified)
Performer: John Gabriel
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Sources
Harold Pinter Festival: The Birthday Party (listing)
Radio Times, 29 January 1970, p. 29
Magazine
Accompanied by line drawing.
'Introduction: Harold Pinter’s Transmedial Histories', Jonathan Bignell and William Davies, in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 18 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2020.1778314
Academic article
BBC Genome entry
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fed36ac03913411188f212fe37a9eee2
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