The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Mountain Language (1988)
Mountain Language (1988)
| Channel | BBC Two |
| Broadcast Date | 11 November 1988 |
| Broadcast time | 22:15:00 |
| Length (minutes) | 20 |
| Black and White | No |
| Series | Unknown |
| Episode | |
| Broadcast Notes | |
| Description | BBC production of Mountain Language by Harold Pinter, with the cast from the National Theatre production which premiered some months earlier. |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Creative | Director
Stuart Walker
Creative | Designer
Louis Marks (1928 - 2010)
Production | Producer
Linked Organisations
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)
Producer.
Royal National Theatre (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1963)
South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England
Producer.
Characters
Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Anthony Askew
Hooded Man (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Alex Hardy
Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: George Harris (1949)
Prisoner (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Tony Haygarth (1945 - 2017)
Second Guard (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Douglas McFerran (1958)
Young Woman (Age: Not Specified, Female)
Performer: Miranda Richardson (1958)
Officer (Mountain Language) (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Julian Wadham (1958)
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Elizabeth Archer
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Jean Channon (1932 - 2007)
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Samantha David
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Cryss Jean Healey
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Anne Priestley
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Keely Marshall
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Jennifer Hill
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Anne Higgins
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Pauline Lewis-John
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Charlotte Kasner
Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Alec Gifford
Sergeant (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Michael Gambon (1940 - 2023)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
Pinter at the BBC, 2019 DVD (URL)
Type: DVD
External Link: https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pinter-at-the-bbc-5-dvd-set.html
This broadcast is included in the 2019 BFI/BBC box set.
Learning On Screen, full broadcast (subscription required) (Video)
Type: Broadcast
External Link: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/RT41B490?bcast=119903129
Sources
Mountain Language (BBC, 1988)
BBC Archives
DVD
Mountain Language
Radio Times, 8 December 1988
Magazine
article, p. 27; listing, with image, p. 47; poem, p. 102