Ashes to Ashes (UK Premiere: Ambassadors Theatre) (revival at Pinter Festival) (1996)

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Ashes to Ashes (1996)

Date from	12 September 1996
Date to	26 October 1996 According to Pinter's diary, a recording of the production was made at 10am on 11 November for broadcast on the BBC World Service.
No of Performances	Unknown
Premiere	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Ambassadors Theatre (Est. 1913)

12-Sep-1996 to 26-Oct-1996

The Royal Court made use of the Ambassadors Theatre until 1998.

Previews: 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18/9 at 20:00. Press night: 19/9 at 20:00.

Gate Theatre, Dublin (Est. 1928)

10-Apr-1997 to 14-Apr-1997

The production was revived to be included in the Pinter Festival arranged by the Gate Theatre, Dublin in 1997. Number of performances uncertain. The Pinter Festival ran from the 7 to the 27 April 1997.

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

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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Tom Rand

Creative | Costume Designer

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Glenda Nash

Creative | Costume Supervisor

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Tom Lishman

Creative | Sound Designer

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Linked Organisations

Royal Court Theatre (Theatre | Est. 1870)

50-51 Sloane Square, Chelsea, London SW1W 8AS, England

Producer.

Characters

Devlin (Age: forties, Male)

Performer: Stephen Rea (1946)

Rebecca (Age: forties, 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

Photostage image gallery (Image)

Type: Image gallery

External Link: https://www.photostage.co.uk/drama/pinter-harold/ashes-to-ashes.html

Sheila Waymen, 'Rea Life', The Irish Times, 22 March 1997 (URL)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rea-life-1.55026

Sources

UK Theatre Web Database

https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/ashes-to-ashes/L1585234283/

URL

Information about dates taken from site's webpage for the production [accessed 14 February 2018].

Harold Pinter Appointments Diary, 1996

The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/12/29, no ff

Library archive

Information about performance times taken from entry for September.