The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
The Birthday Party (Aldwych) (1964-1965)
The Birthday Party (1957)
| Date from |
18 June 1964 Date indicates Press Night at the Aldwych Theatre. This is the first West End production of this play, and its first London professional revival. The play remained in repertory until January 1965. The performance was part of the RSC's celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. |
| Date to |
14 January 1965
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| No of Performances | Unknown |
| Language | Unknown |
Venues
Aldwych Theatre (Est. 1905)
18-Jun-1964 to 14-Jan-1965
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Creative | Director
Ralph Koltai (1924 - 2018)
Creative | Set Designer
Linked Organisations
Royal Shakespeare Company (Production Company | Est. 1961)
Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA, UK
Characters
Petey (Age: sixties, Male)
Performer: Newton Blick (1899 - 1965)
Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)
Performer: Janet Suzman (1939)
Meg (Age: sixties, Female)
Performer: Doris Hare (1905 - 2000)
Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)
Performer: Brewster Mason (1922 - 1987)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)
Performer: Bryan Pringle (1935 - 2002)
Petey (Age: sixties, Male)
Understudy: Morgan Sheppard (1932)
Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)
Understudy: Glenda Jackson (1936)
McCann (Age: 30, Male)
Understudy: Morgan Sheppard (1932)
Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)
Understudy: Timothy West (1934)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)
Understudy: Derek Fuke (1934)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)
Understudy: Freddie Jones (1927 - 2019)
McCann (Age: 30, Male)
Performer: Patrick Magee (1922 - 1982)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
RSC collections: The Birthday Party prompt book (URL)
Type: Archival holding
External Link: https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/archive/arch-74229
Charles Portis, ''Dirt Plays' Rouse Fuss in London', The Washington Post, 27 August 1964 (URL)
Type: Newspaper article
External Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/142157908/7538A524283749FEPQ/7?accountid=14664
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Bamber Gascgoine, 'Pinter makes it all too plain', The Observer, 21 June 1964 (URL)
Type: Review
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Philip Hope-Wallace, 'The Birthday Party', The Guardian, 19 June 1964 (URL)
Type: Review
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Sources
RSC Performance Database
http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/
URL
This publicly accessible database provided by the Discover Shakespeare website contains information related to past productions, actors and, in some cases, images and details of archival material related to Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon.