The Caretaker (Premiere: Arts Theatre)
The Caretaker (Premiere: Arts Theatre)

The Caretaker (Premiere: Arts Theatre) (1960)


The Caretaker (Premiere: Arts Theatre)

The Caretaker (1959)

Date from

27 April 1960

Date to

Unknown

No of Performances Unknown
Premiere Yes
Touring Yes
Language English

Venues

Arts Theatre (Est. 1927)

27-Apr-1960

Duchess Theatre (Est. 1929)

30-May-1960

Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York (Est. 1903)

04-Oct-1961

Linked Productions

The Caretaker (1963)

Notes:

Linked People

Donald McWhinnie (1920 - 1987)

Creative | Director


Brian Currah (1929 - 2008)

Creative | Set Designer


Brian Currah (1929 - 2008)

Creative | Lighting Designer


Paul Morrison

Creative | Lighting Designer

For the transfer to Broadway. Also listed as 'Supervision.'


Morris Angel

Creative | Costume Designer

Morris Angel were a theatrical costume supply business.


Jack Humphries

Technical | Stage Manager


Michael Boys

Creative | Production Photographer


Michael Codron (1930)

Production | Production associate


David Hall

Production | Production associate


Fred Hebert (1912 - 1972)

Production | Production supervisor

For the transfer to Broadway


Linked Organisations

No Linked organisations have been added to this production record yet.

Characters

Davies (Age: old, Male)

Described as 'an old man'

Understudy: Donald Pleasence (1919 - 1995)

Wasn't Present

Mick (Age: late twenties, Male)

Aston's brother

Understudy: Alan Bates (1934 - 2003)

Wasn't Present

Aston (Age: early thirties, Male)

Mick's brother

Understudy: Peter Woodthorpe (1931 - 2004)

Wasn't Present

Mick (Age: late twenties, Male)

Pinter took over for Alan Bates while the latter was fulfilling his contract to film his part in Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961). Pinter performed the role for five weeks from 20 February 1961.

Aston's brother

Understudy: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Wasn't Present

Mick (Age: late twenties, Male)

For the transfer to Broadway, in October.

Aston's brother

Understudy: Alex Davion

Wasn't Present

Mick (Age: late twenties, Male)

Understudy for the Broadway transfer

Aston's brother

Understudy: Joel Fabriani (1936)

Wasn't Present

Aston (Age: early thirties, Male)

Understudy for the Broadway transfer

Mick's brother

Understudy: Joel Fabriani (1936)

Wasn't Present

Davies (Age: old, Male)

Understudy for the Broadway transfer

Described as 'an old man'

Understudy: Stuart Germain

Wasn't Present

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Programme front (Duchess transfer) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

The British Library Manuscript Collections. Pinter Archive. ’Book 2’ (Pinter’s scrapbook); April 1960-Oct. 1961. Add MS 88880/8/2 (Paper-based)

Type: Archival holding

External Link: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/8/2

Pinter’s scrapbook contains clippings of numerous reviews of the production from April, May, June and July1960. It also contains a copy of his interview with Margaret Cowan in The Stage (5 May 1960) and a transcribed extract from the the BBC radio broadcast ‘The Critics’ (15 May 1960) in which the production is discussed.

Signed flyer (Image)

Type: Flyer

Kenneth Tynan, ‘A Verbal Wizard in the Suburbs’, The Observer, 5 June 1960, p. 16 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/475454853/3A063E8F667F45E7PQ/22?accountid=14664

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Sources

The Times Digital Archive

"Mr. Pinter Takes Over In The Caretaker."

URL

http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/BUzaf1 Accessed 8 Aug. 2019