The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
The Homecoming (The Music Box, NYC) (1967)
The Homecoming (1964)
| Date from |
5 January 1967
|
| Date to |
27 June 1967
|
| No of Performances | Unknown |
| Touring | Yes |
| Language | English |
Venues
Aldwych Theatre (Est. 1905)
There were four performances at the Aldwych in December 1966 before the company left for the USA
Colonial Theatre, Boston (Est. 1900)
16-Dec-1966 to 31-Dec-1966
Performances on 16 and 17 December were previews.
Music Box Theatre, New York (Est. 1921)
05-Jan-1967 to 27-Jun-1967
Linked Productions
The Homecoming (Premiere: Aldwych) (1965)
Notes:
Linked People
Peter Hall (1930 - 2017)
Creative | Director
John Bury (1925 - 2000)
Creative | Set Designer
John Bury (1925 - 2000)
Creative | Lighting Designer
Alexander H. Cohen (1920 - 2000)
Production | Presenter
By arrangement with the RSC and with Theatre Guild Productions Inc. Produced in association with Gerry Geraldo.
Linked Organisations
Royal Shakespeare Company (Production Company | Est. 1961)
Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA, UK
Theatre Company
Characters
Max (Age: 70, Male)
Performer: Paul Rogers (1917 - 2013)
Lenny (Age: early thirties, Male)
Performer: Ian Holm (1931 - 2020)
Joey (Age: mid twenties, Male)
Performer: Terence Rigby (1937 - 2008)
Sam (The Homecoming) (Age: 63, Male)
Performer: John Normington (1937 - 2007)
Teddy (Age: mid thirties, Male)
Performer: Michael Craig (1928)
Ruth (The Homecoming) (Age: early thirties, Female)
Performer: Vivien Merchant (1929 - 1982)
Lenny (Age: early thirties, Male)
Jayston, Ian Holm's understudy, took over from Holm from 24 April.
Performer: Michael Jayston (1935)
Ruth (The Homecoming) (Age: early thirties, Female)
Farleigh, Vivien Merchant's understudy, took over from Merchant from 24 April.
Performer: Lynn Farleigh (1942)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
British Library: Photographs from productions of Harold Pinter's plays in London and New York (URL)
Type: Image gallery
External Link: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/photographs-from-productions-of-harold-pinters-plays-in-london-and-new-york
Accessed 29 June 2021
Sources
The Homecoming production programme
Hofstra University Library Special Collections Department, Pinter Collection Box 1, in file folder entitled 'Program - “Homecoming" - play by Harold Pinter - Music Box Theater, no ff
Library archive
RSC collections note on The Homecoming in the USA
https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/hom196612
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