Channel | BBC Radio 3 |
Broadcast Date | 22 January 1981 |
Broadcast time | 22:00:00 |
Length (minutes) | 40 |
Series | Unknown |
Episode | |
Description | Members of the National Theatre perform this new play by Pinter. The same cast went on to perform Family Voices at the NT's Lyttleton Theatre on 13 and 17 February 1981. This radio production appears to be the one repeated on 7 October 1990, as part of Radio 3's 'Harold Pinter at 60 - A Birthday Party' series of programmes. Family Voices was the first play of Pinter's to be given its premiere on Radio 3 since 1968, when Landscape went on air after its being refused a stage license by the Lord Chamberlain. According to materials in Pinter's Archive, rehearsals took place between 10.30-18.00 on Thursday 8 January 1981, Studio B11, B.H. (presumed Broadcasting House) and a rehearsal and the recording took place between 10.30-1900 on Friday 9 January 1981 in Studio 6A, B.H. (presumed Broadcasting House). A recording of this broadcast is available on the UbuWeb website. It is unclear if this is a licensed release. |
Language | English |
Notes:
Creative | Director
Production | Producer
Producer.
South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England
Producer.
The Radio Times entry named this character 'The son'.
Performer: Michael Kitchen (1948)
The Radio Times entry named this character 'The mother'.
Performer: Peggy Ashcroft (1907 - 1991)
The Radio Times entry named this character 'The father'.
Performer: Mark Dignam (1909 - 1989)
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Type: Website
External Link: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6e3211d6c6224202bf56db39edcf33db
Radio Times, 15 January 1981, pp. 72-74
Magazine article
BBC Photograph Library
Archival materials
Shoring, from L to R, Pinter, Hall, Ashcroft, Dignam and Kitchen.
Radio Times, 15 January 1981, pp. 60-61
Magazine
Radio Times, 4 October 1990, p. 68
Magazine
For the 1990 repeat of this production.
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/1/20
Library archive
Contains rehearsal scrip and details of rehearsal and recording
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/8/17
Library archive
Transcript of BBC Performance Preview: Information (in Description field) about Family Voices and Landscape on the BBC taken from Michael Billngton's commentary in the preview discussion.