The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Arena: Harold Pinter - A Celebration (2010)
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| Channel | BBC Four |
| Broadcast Date | 24 January 2010 |
| Broadcast time | 21:00:00 |
| Length (minutes) | 95 |
| Black and White | No |
| Series | Arena |
| Episode | |
| Broadcast Notes | |
| Description | In June 2009, a group Britain’s leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson. Arena documented the evening. |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2009)
Notes:
Linked People
Ian Rickson (1963)
Creative | Director
Martin Rosenbaum
Creative | Director
Linked Organisations
No Linked organisations have been added to this production record yet.
Characters
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Rea opened the performance with a reading of the poem The Dead
Performer: Stephen Rea (1946)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Woolf read his own 'Voices in the Tunnel' (2001)
Performer: Henry Woolf (1930 - 2021)
Julie (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Susan Wooldridge (1950)
Lambert (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Henry Goodman
Waiter (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Jude Law (1972)
Matt (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Andy de la Tour (1948)
Prue (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Lindsay Duncan (1950)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Hodge read 'Mac'
Performer: Douglas Hodge (1960)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Cranham read 'To Antonia'
Performer: Kenneth Cranham (1944)
Gene (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Jeremy Irons (1948)
Lake (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Indira Varma (1973)
Davies (Age: old, Male)
Described as 'an old man'
Performer: David Bradley (1942)
Deeley (Age: early forties, Male)
Performer: Alan Rickman
Anna (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)
Performer: Lindsay Duncan (1950)
Kate (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)
Performer: Gina McKee (1964)
Max (Age: 70, Male)
Performer: Kenneth Cranham (1944)
Richard (The Lover) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Jude Law (1972)
Sarah (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Indira Varma (1973)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
West read 'Arthur Wellard'
Performer: Samuel West (1966)
Tess (Age: Not Specified, Female)
Performer: Penelope Wilton (1946)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)
Performer: Kenneth Cranham (1944)
Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)
Performer: Henry Goodman
McCann (Age: 30, Male)
Performer: Lloyd Hutchinson (1967)
Briggs (Age: thirties, Male)
Performer: Andy de la Tour (1948)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Sheen read 'American Football'
Performer: Martin Sheen
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Dee read 'The Disappeared'
Performer: Janie Dee (1962)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Lloyd-Pack read 'The Bombs'
Performer: Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944 - 2014)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Burton read 'My Terrible Cap'
Performer: Harry Burton (1962)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Irons read 'Cricket at Night'
Performer: Jeremy Irons (1948)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Duncan read 'After Lunch'
Performer: Lindsay Duncan (1950)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Bradley read 'Weather Report'
Performer: David Bradley (1942)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
McKee read 'The Meeting'
Performer: Gina McKee (1964)
Robert (Betrayal) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Michael Sheen (1969)
Emma (Age: 38, Female)
Emma 38 at the beginning of the play, and her age changes as the time period moves more or less backward from 1977 to 1968
Performer: Janie Dee (1962)
Aston (Age: early thirties, Male)
Mick's brother
Performer: Colin Firth (1960)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Law read 'It is Here'
Performer: Jude Law (1972)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Williams read 'To My Wife'
Performer: Lia Williams (1964)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)
Irons read 'Poem (to A)'
Performer: Jeremy Irons (1948)
Linked Awards
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Linked Places
Royal National Theatre
Resources
Learning On Screen, Full Broadcast (Subscription Required) (Video)
Type: Broadcast
External Link: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/013AFE38?bcast=40594393
Sources
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