The Last to Go / Pieces of Eight (Premiere: Apollo) (1959)

Last to Go (1959)

Multi-part Production	Pieces of Eight
Date from	23 September 1959
Date to	September 1959
No of Performances	Unknown
Premiere	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Apollo Victoria Theatre (Est. 1930)

23-Sep-1959

Theatre Royal, Brighton (Est. 1807)

14-Sep-1959

Advertised as 'for a week'.

Linked Productions

Getting Acquainted / Pieces of Eight (Premiere: Apollo) (1959)

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Request Stop / Pieces of Eight (Premiere: Apollo) (1959)

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Special Offer / Pieces of Eight (Premiere: Apollo) (1959)

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Linked People

Paddy Stone (1924 - 1986)

Creative | Director

Tony Walton (1934)

Creative | Set Designer

Richard Pilbrow (1933)

Creative | Lighting Designer

Tony Walton (1934)

Creative | Costume Designer

Joyce Walters

Creative | Wardrobe Mistress

J. Scott Parkinson

Technical | Company Manager

Jack Hanson

Technical | Production Manager

Eric Dunning

Technical | Assistant production manager

Alice Lidderdale

Technical | Stage Manager

Harold Cuniffe

Technical | Stage Manager

Richard Eastham

Technical | General Manager

Douglas Torrington

Production | Press Representative(s)

Michael Codron (1930)

Production | Producer

In association with Neil Crawford for Strand Productions Ltd.

David Sim

Creative | Production Photographer

Linked Organisations

No Linked organisations have been added to this production record yet.

Characters

Barman (Last to Go) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Unnamed character from 'Last to Go'

Performer: Peter Reeve

Old Man (Last to Go) (Age: old, Male)

Unnamed character from 'Last to Go'; also described as 'Newspaper Seller'.

Performer: Kenneth Williams (1926 - 1988)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

'Mr Harold Pinter - Avant-Garde Playwright and Intimate Revue', The Times, 16 November 1959. (URL)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67984752/TTDA?u=leedsuni&sid=TTDA&xid=b4c03acf

This was Harold Pinter's first published interview. Subscription required to see digital version.

Sources

Pieces of Eight Production Programme

The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/1, ff 86-90

Library archive