A Night Out (World and UK stage premiere: Gate Theatre, Dublin - Comedy Theatre)
A Night Out (World and UK stage premiere: Gate Theatre, Dublin - Comedy Theatre)

A Night Out (World and UK stage premiere: Gate Theatre, Dublin - Comedy Theatre) (1961)


A Night Out (World and UK stage premiere: Gate Theatre, Dublin - Comedy Theatre)

A Night Out (1960)

Multi-part Production Counterpoint: A Night Out, Soldier from the Wars Returning (David Campton), Barnstable (James Saunders)
Date from

17 September 1961

The triple bill opened as part of the Dublin Festival, at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, before transferring to the Comedy Theatre, London.

Date to

1961

No of Performances Unknown
Premiere Yes
Language English

Venues

Gate Theatre, Dublin (Est. 1928)

17-Sep-1961

The world premiere of the play as a stage play

Comedy Theatre (Est. 1881)

02-Oct-1967

Linked Productions

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

Linked People

Leila Blake (1931 - 1991)

Creative | Director


Brian Currah (1929 - 2008)

Creative | Set Designer

'Settings by'


Linked Organisations

Caravel Productions (Production Company | Est. Unknown)

Producers

Characters

Albert Stokes (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Brian Peck (1930)

Mrs Stokes (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Anna Wing (1914 - 2013)

Seeley (Age: Not specified, Male)

West End debut

Performer: Rodney Bewes (1937 - 2017)

Kedge (Age: Not specified, Male)

Hall played Barrow in the Armchair Theatre production in April this year, and the Barman in the BBC radio production the month before.

Performer: Walter Hall (1931)

Barman (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Douglas Harris

Old Man (A Night Out) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Peter Hutton

Mr King (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Trevor Reid (1908 - 1965)

Mr Ryan (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: William Stephens

Gidney (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Glyn Houston (1925 - 2019)

Joyce (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Patricia Marks

Eileen (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Patricia Denys

Betty (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Gabrielle Beaumont

Horne (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Nicholas Pennell (1938 - 1995)

Girl, The (Age: Not specified, Female)

Performer: Jeanne Mockford

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Theatre programme (front) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Theatre programme (interior: cast list) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Theatre programme (interior) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Sources

'Psychological Truth in Pinter Play', The Times, 3 October 1961, p. 16. The Times Digital Archive.

http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/BUzpx2

Newspaper review

Accessed 8 August 2019. Subscription required. Cast information gleaned from this source.

The Sir Joseph Gold Collection, Lily Library, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

Serendipity Books MSS, Additions Catalogs: Harold Pinter. The Sir Joseph Gold Collection: Lily Library, Serendipity Books mss., LMC 2124, Box 42

Library archive

Production date

University of Birmingham Theatre Collection - 1921-1962

https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMS38/819

Database

Item 819. May contain details of the remaining cast. The online listing names: Peter Hutton, Patricia Denys, Walter Hall (who had played Barrow in the TV original), Douglas Harris, William Stephens, Gabrielle Beaumont, Nicholas Pennell and Jeanne Mockford.