The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Old Times (Premiere: Aldwych Theatre) (1971-1972)
Old Times (1971)
| Date from |
26 April 1971 Date indicates first date of tour. 26 April was the press night. |
| Date to |
18 March 1972 The production opened the RSC's 1971/72 London season which had its Press Night on 1 June 1971 and later appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon which had its Press Night on 24 January 1972. |
| No of Performances | Unknown |
| Premiere | Yes |
| Touring | Yes |
| Language | English |
Venues
Oxford Playhouse (Est. 1938)
21-Apr-1971 to 01-May-1971
Cambridge Arts Theatre (Est. 1936)
03-May-1971 to 08-May-1971
Main Stage, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (Est. 1965)
10-May-1971 to 15-May-1971
Nottingham Playhouse (Est. 1963)
04-May-1971 to 22-May-1971
Aldwych Theatre (Est. 1905)
01-Jun-1971 to 18-Mar-1972
Previews: 27, 28, 29 and 31/5.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Est. 1932)
24-Jan-1972
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Peter Hall (1930 - 2017)
Creative | Director
John Bury (1925 - 2000)
Creative | Set Designer
John Bury (1925 - 2000)
Creative | Lighting Designer
Beatrice Dawson (1908 - 1976)
Creative | Costume Designer
Roger L. Stevens (1910 - 1998)
Production | Presenter
Associated Presenter.
Linked Organisations
Royal Shakespeare Company (Production Company | Est. 1961)
Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA, UK
Producer and Company.
Characters
Deeley (Age: early forties, Male)
Performer: Colin Blakely (1930 - 1987)
Kate (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)
Performer: Dorothy Tutin (1930 - 2001)
Anna (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)
Performer: Vivien Merchant (1929 - 1982)
Linked Awards
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award
1972
Nominated: Best Foreign Play.
Resources
Gareth Lloyd Evans, ‘Pinter’s Old Times in Nottingham’, The Guardian, 18 May 1971 (URL)
Type: Review
External Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/185483904/46C35796E2A44D32PQ/1?accountid=14664
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‘ Producing Pinter: Peter Hall and John Bury, director and designer of 'Old Times,' talk to Michael McNay about their, collaboration with the playwright’, The Guardian, 1 June 1971 (URL)
Type: Interview
External Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/185582052/46C35796E2A44D32PQ/3?accountid=14664
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Philip Hope-Wallace, ‘New Pinter play at the Aldwych’, The Guardian, 2 June 1971, p. 8 (URL)
Type: Review
External Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/185576684/fulltextPDF/46C35796E2A44D32PQ/6?accountid=14664
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Sources
RSC Performance Database
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.
Harold Pinter Official Website
http://www.haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_oldtimes.shtml
URL
New York Drama Critics' Circle Website
http://www.dramacritics.org/dc_history.html
URL
Information about linked awards taken from the site's webpage 'History' (of the award) [accessed 29 January 2018].
Old Times Production Programme
The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, ADD MS 88880/8/11
Library archive