The New World Order (Premiere: Royal Court)*
The New World Order (Premiere: Royal Court)*

The New World Order (Premiere: Royal Court)* (1991)


The New World Order (Premiere: Royal Court)*

The New World Order (1991)

Multi-part Production The New World Order and Death and the Maiden (Ariel Dorfman)
Date from

19 July 1991

Date to

27 July 1991

The published text (Faber and Faber) gives 19 July as the opening date. Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden is listed as opening in the 4 July. The New World Order was one of four short plays that were mounted as part of a rotating double bill. The dates of performance between 19 and 27 July for New World Order are not known. The other plays were Griselda Gambaro’s Putting Two and Two Together, Gcina Mhlope’s Love Child and Stefan Tsanev’s Paranoia. These are the dates for the Jerwood Theatre upstairs. For the transfer to the Royal Court downstairs, see ‘venues’ below.

No of Performances Unknown
Premiere Yes
Language English

Venues

Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court

19-Jul-1991 to 27-Jul-1991

Ran as part of Cross References: A Season of Plays by International Writers 04/07-27/07.

Royal Court Downstairs (Est. 1870)

31-Oct-1991

Transferred with Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden.

Linked Productions

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

Linked People

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director


Catriona Taylor

Creative | Assistant Director


Ian MacNeil (1960)

Creative | Set Designer


Kevin Sleep

Creative | Lighting Designer


Steve Hepworth

Creative | Sound Designer


Bryan Bowen

Creative | Sound Designer


Mark Douet

Creative | Production Photographer


Kim Ford

Technical | Stage Manager


Ben Weissbort

Technical | Stage Manager


Sightlines N/A

Creative | Flyer Designer


Linked Organisations

English PEN (Association of Writers | Est. 1921)

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3GA, England

The author donated part of his royalties for the production to the Writers in Prison Fund of English PEN.

Royal Court Theatre (Theatre | Est. 1870)

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

Producer.

London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) (Cultural Institution | Est. Unknown)

Producer.

Royal National Theatre (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1963)

South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England

Producer, as Royal National Theatre Studio.

Characters

Blindfolded Man (Age: Not specified, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Performer: Douglas McFerran (1958)

Des (Age: Not specified, Male)

Also played Gerardo in Death and the Maiden.

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Performer: Bill Paterson (1945)

Lionel (Age: Not specified, Male)

Also played Roberto in Death and the Maiden.

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Performer: Michael Byrne (1943)

Linked Awards

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Resources

Photostage image (Image)

Type: Image

External Link: https://www.photostage.co.uk/stock-photo/website/search/detail-0_00101535.html

Sources

Cross References Programme (Leaflet)

Bristol Theatre Collections, SIM/PG/423, 1 page reproduced sheet

Library archive

William Baker and John C. Ross's biographical history of Harold Pinter's work

William Baker and John C. Ross, Harold Pinter: A Bibliographical History (London: British Library; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005)

Bibliography

Baker and Ross provide the date of the transfer from Upstairs to the Mainstage at the Royal Court (p.100).