Otherwise Engaged
Otherwise Engaged

Otherwise Engaged (1975-1976)


Otherwise Engaged

Otherwise Engaged (1975)

Date from

8 July 1975

Date to

1976

No of Performances Unknown
Premiere Yes
Touring Yes
Language English

Venues

Oxford Playhouse (Est. 1938)

08-Jul-1975

Richmond Theatre (Est. 1899)

21-Jul-1975

Queen's Theatre (Est. 1907)

30-Jul-1975

Previews were on 28 and potentially 29/7/75.

Comedy Theatre (Est. 1881)

04-Oct-1976

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director


Eileen Diss (1931)

Creative | Set Designer


Leonard Tucker

Creative | Lighting Designer


Patrick Wheatley

Creative | Costume Supervisor


Ellen Hobart

Creative | Wardrobe Mistress


Trevor Mitchell

Technical | Company Stage Manager


Pauline Gaunt

Technical | Deputy Stage Manager


Andrew Tourell

Technical | Assistant Stage Manager


Laura Gabriel

Technical | Assistant Stage Manager


David Sutton (1934 - 2004)

Technical | General Manager


J. Scott Parkinson

Technical | Production Manager


Genista Streeten

Production | Press Representative(s)


Michael Codron (1930)

Production | Producer


Simon Gray (1936 - 2008)

Creative | Playwright


Linked Organisations

Queen's Theatre (Receiving House | Est. 1907)

51 Shaftesbury Ave, Soho, London WC2, England

Producer.

Characters

Dave (Otherwise Engaged) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Ian Charleson (1949 - 1990)

Stephen (Otherwise Engaged) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Nigel Hawthorne (1929 - 2001)

Jeff (Otherwise Engaged) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Julian Glover (1935)

Davina (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Jacqueline Pearce (1943)

Wood (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Benjamin Whitrow (1937 - 2017)

Beth (Otherwise Engaged) (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Mary Miller (1933 - 2020)

Simon (Age: Not specified, Male)

Bates's final performance was 7 February 1976. Michael Gambon took over the role on 9 February. Also, the 31 July entry in Pinter's appointment diary for 1976 indicates ‘Last Night O E Cast’ and the 2 August entry indicates ‘1st night new O E Cast’. The new cast was likely the one that went on to New York.

Performer: Alan Bates (1934 - 2003)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Otherwise engaged flyer for the Comedy Theatre run (Image)

Type: Flyer

Otherwise Engaged programme (front) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Otherwise Engaged alternative programme (front) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Sources

Harold Pinter Official Website

http://www.haroldpinter.org/directing/directing_engage.shtml

URL

Accessed 23 April 2018.

Otherwise Engaged Production Programme

The British Library, Main Catalogue, Harold Pinter Miscellaneous Theatre Programmes YD 2005. A. 6228

Theatre programme

Harold Pinter Appointment Diary, 1976

The Harold Pinter Archive, The British Library Modern Manuscripts, ADD MS 88880/12/009, no ff

Library archive

Information about personnel changes during London run and for New York transfer taken from entries for February, July and August 1976.