One for the Road (Premiere: Lyric Hammersmith) (1984)

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One for the Road (1984)

Multi-part Production	One for the Road and Victoria Station
Date from	13 March 1984 Previews: 13 and 14/3. Press night: 15/03. Played as a lunchtime series, with daytime performances at 13:15 from 13/03 to 24/03 and from 03/04 to 14/4. There was no interval between the plays.
Date to	14 April 1984
No of Performances	Unknown
Premiere	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Studio (the), Lyric Hammersmith (Est. 1979)

13-Mar-2021 to 14-Apr-2021

Linked Productions

Victoria Station (Lyric Hammersmith) (1984)

Notes:

Linked People

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director

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Tim Bickerton (1956)

Creative | Set Designer

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Dave Horn

Creative | Lighting Designer

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Helen Wilding

Technical | Company Manager

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Helen Wilding

Technical | Stage Manager

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Caroline Oxford

Technical | Deputy Stage Manager

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Simon Hall

Technical | Deputy Stage Manager

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Linked Organisations

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

Characters

Nicolas (Age: forties, Male)

Performer: Alan Bates (1934 - 2003)

Victor (Age: 30, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 222

Performer: Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944 - 2014)

Gila (Age: 30, Female)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 222

Performer: Jenny Quayle (1950)

Nicky (One for the Road) (Age: 7, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 222

Performer: Stephen Kember (1974)

Nicky (One for the Road) (Age: 7, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 222

Performer: Felix Yates (1974)

Linked Awards

Critics' Circle Theatre Award

1984

Best New Play.

Resources

Theatre programme (front) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Theatre programme (interior) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Sources

One for the Road Production Programme (personal collection)

British Library Modern Manuscripts, Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/19

Library archive

Information about 'linked people' taken from programme.

Harold Pinter Appointments Diary, 1984

The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/12/17, no ff

Library archive

Information about dates of previews and first and final performances and performance times taken from entries for March and April.