The Room (Almeida-The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2000-2001)

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The Room (1957)

Multi-part Production	The Room and Celebration
Date from	16 March 2000 These dates are for the UK performances. For the dates of the transfer to The Lincoln Centre Festival, New York, see 'venues' below.
Date to	29 July 2001
No of Performances	Unknown
Touring	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Almeida Theatre (Est. 1980)

16-Mar-2000 to 29-Apr-2000

Press night: either 19 or 20/03.

LaGuardia Drama Theater, New York (Est. 1936)

24-Jul-2001 to 28-Jul-2001

Part of Lincoln Center Festival. Performance times: Tuesday 24/07, Wednesday 25/07, Thursday 26/07. Friday 27/07, Saturday 28/07/2001, at 20:00.

Linked Productions

A Kind of Alaska (The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2001)

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One for the Road / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (New Ambassadors) (2001)

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The Homecoming / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Gate Theatre - Comedy Theatre) (2001)

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Landscape (The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2001)

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Monologue / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (National Theatre) (2002)

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Celebration / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Premiere: Almeida Theatre, Gate Theatre) (2000)

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Mountain Language / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Royal Court) (2001)

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Ashes to Ashes / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Royal Court) (2001)

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Linked People

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director

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Eileen Diss (1931)

Creative | Set Designer

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Mick Hughes (1938 - 2018)

Creative | Lighting Designer

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Dany Everett

Creative | Costume Designer

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John Leonard (1951)

Creative | Sound Designer

Listed in programme as John A. Leonard.

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Linked Organisations

Almeida Theatre (Producing House | Est. 1982)

1 Almeida St, London N1 1TA, England

Producer.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1956)

14 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA

Producer of transfer.

Characters

Bert Hudd (Age: 50, Male)

Performer: Stephen Pacey (1957)

Mr Kidd (Age: old, Male)

Described as 'an old man'

Performer: Henry Woolf (1930 - 2021)

Mrs Sands (Age: young, Female)

Described as part of 'a young couple'

Performer: Lia Williams (1964)

Mr Sands (Age: young, Male)

Described as part of 'a young couple'

Performer: Keith Allen (1953)

Riley (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: George Harris (1949)

Rose (The Room) (Age: 60, Female)

Performer: Lindsay Duncan (1950)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Interview with Lindsey Duncan, conducted by Harry Burton, November 2020 (Video)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://youtu.be/4FKJ7KVp89M

Sources

Harold Pinter Official Website

http://haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_room4.shtml

URL

Information about linked persons and performers taken from site's webpage for the play [accessed 11 February 2019].

Celebration and The Room Production Programme

The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/32

Library archive

Information about performance times, venues and linked organisations taken from programme.