The Birthday Party (Tower Theatre) (1959)

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The Birthday Party (1957)

Date from	1 May 1959
Date to	9 May 1959 Performance times: 19:30 on Fri, Sat, Sun. Thu, Fri and Sat.
No of Performances	6
Language	English

Venues

Tower Theatre, Islington (Est. 1952)

Linked Productions

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

Linked People

Kay Gardner

Creative | Director

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Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director

Actor Brenda Plumley recollected Pinter directing alongside Kay Gardner (Interview, Theatre Archive Project).

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John Crisp

Creative | Set Designer

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John Crisp

Creative | Set Painter

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Mary Witts

Technical | Stage Manager

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Betty George

Technical | Assistant Stage Manager

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Linked Organisations

Tavistock Repertory Company (Theatre Company | Est. Unknown)

Company and Producers.

Characters

Meg (Age: sixties, Female)

Performer: Margery Withers (1905 - 1999)

Petey (Age: sixties, Male)

Performer: Richard Beale (1920 - 2017)

Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)

Performer: Clyde Jones

Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)

Performer: Brenda Plumley

Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)

Performer: Bernard Goldman

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Tower Theatre Archive production photographs (Image)

Type: Image

External Link: http://www.towertheatre.co/plays/1959/p5906.htm

Sources

The Birthday Party at the Tower Theatre Production Programme

The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/1, ff 80-83

Library archive

Theatre Archive Project, interview with Brenda Plumley

https://sounds.bl.uk/Arts-literature-and-performance/Theatre-Archive-Project/024M-C1142X000197-0100V0

Interview

Includes memories of this production