The Old Masters
The Old Masters

The Old Masters (2004)


The Old Masters

The Old Masters (2004)

Date from

4 June 2004

Date to

18 December 2004

No of Performances Unknown
Touring Yes
Language English

Venues

Comedy Theatre (Est. 1881)

28-Jun-2004 to 18-Dec-2004

Previews: 28 and 30/07; performance times 19:45. Press night: 01/07; performance time: 19:00.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Est. 1913)

04-Jun-2004 to 19-Jun-2004

Previews on 04, 05, 07 and 08/06; performance times: 19:30. Press night: 09/06; performance time: 19:00.

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


Mick Hughes (1938 - 2018)

Creative | Lighting Designer


Dany Everett

Creative | Costume Designer


Katie Read (1980)

Creative | Assistant Director


Simon Gray (1936 - 2008)

Creative | Playwright


Linked Organisations

Comedy Theatre (Theatre | Est. 1881)

Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN, England

Producer.

Characters

BB (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Edward Fox (1937)

Duveen (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Peter Bowles (1936)

Mary (Old Masters) (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Barbara Jefford (1930 - 2020)

Nicky (Old Masters) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Sally Dexter (1960)

Fowles (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Stephen Pacey (1957)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Interview with Katie Read (PDF)

Type: Interview

External Link: http://www.sylviavetta.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Katie-Read.pdf

Assistant director Katie Read recollects working with Harold Pinter in this interview from 2015.

Theatre Voices: Review of Old Masters (Audio)

Type: Review

External Link: http://www.theatrevoice.com/audio/the-old-masters-simon-gray-returns-to-the-west-end-rhoda-ko/

Rhoda Koenig, Mark Shenton and Robert Tanitch discuss the 2004 production of Old Masters with David Benedict hosts. 8 July 2004.

Interview with Edward Fox, conducted by Alex Lass, 16 December 2020 (PDF)

Type: Interview

External Link: http://pinterlegacies.uk/file/c2f504ee0bb062d5c399f43def1f8493.pdf

Sources

Harold Pinter Official Website

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

URL

Accessed 3 May 2018.

UK Theatre Web Database

https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Tour/Play/The-Old-Masters/T546909096/

URL

Information about performance times taken from database's record for production [accessed 17 May 2018].

Harold Pinter Appointments Diary, 2004

The Harold Pinter Archive, The British Library Modern Manuscripts, Add MS 88880/12/37, no ff.

Library archive

Information about performance times taken from entries for June and July.