The Room (Premiere: University of Bristol) (1957)

The Room (1957)

Multi-part Production	The Rehearsal (J.G. Severns) and The Room
Date from	15 May 1957 Perfomance time: 19:30. Interval between plays: 10 mins.
Date to	16 May 1957
No of Performances	2 Confidence Level
Premiere	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Drama Studio (The), University of Bristol

15-May-1957 to 16-May-1957

Linked Productions

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Linked People

Henry Woolf (1930 - 2021)

Creative | Director

Henry Woolf (1930 - 2021)

Production | Producer

Julia Kellerman

Technical | Assistant Stage Manager

Linked Organisations

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Characters

Bert Hudd (Age: 50, Male)

Performer: Claude Jenkins

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

Performer: Susan Engel (1935)

Mr Kidd (Age: old, Male)

Described as 'an old man'

Performer: Henry Woolf (1930 - 2021)

Mr Sands (Age: young, Male)

Described as part of 'a young couple'

Performer: David Davies

Mrs Sands (Age: young, Female)

Described as part of 'a young couple'

Performer: Auriol Smith (1939)

Riley (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: George Odlum (1934 - 2003)

Linked Awards

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Resources

Theatre Archive project interview with Henry Woolf (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-1CDR0033481X-0100V0

A 45 minute interview from 2008 with Henry Woolf that includes recollections of this first production of a Pinter play. A transcript is available.

Theatre Archive project interview with Susan Engel (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-C1142X000208-0100V0

A 39 minute interview from 2007 with Susan Engel that includes recollections of this first production of a Pinter play. A transcript is available.

Theatre Archive project interview with Julia Kellerman (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-1CDR0033546X-ZZZZV0

A 42 minute interview from 2008 with Julia Kellerman that includes recollections of this first production of a Pinter play. A transcript is available.

Theatre Archive project interview with Ariol Smith (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-1CDR0033480X-0100V0

A 1 hour and 5 minute interview from 2007 with Auriol Smith that includes recollections of this first production of a Pinter play. A transcript is available.

Theatre Archive project interview with David Davies (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-1CDR0033545X-ZZZZV0

A 1 hour and 9 minute interview from 2008 with David Davies that includes recollections of this first production of a Pinter play. A transcript is available.

Sources

'Two New Plays in the Drama Studio' Production Programme, in The British Library Manuscript Collections. Pinter Archive. ’Book 1’ (Pinter’s scrapbook); July 1956-April 1960. Add MS 88880/8/1, ff. 2-4.

https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/8/1

Library archive

Pinter’s scrapbook also contains reviews of the production from the Bristol Evening Post and the Bristol Evening World.