The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Celebration / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Premiere: Almeida Theatre, Gate Theatre) (2000-2001)
Celebration (1999)
| Multi-part Production | The Room and Celebration |
| Date from |
16 March 2000 These dates are for the UK performances. For the dates of the transfer to The Lincoln Centre Festival, New York, see 'venues' below. |
| Date to |
29 July 2001
|
| No of Performances | Unknown |
| Premiere | Yes |
| Touring | Yes |
| Language | English |
Venues
Almeida Theatre (Est. 1980)
16-Mar-2000 to 29-Apr-2000
Press night: 19 or 20/03.
LaGuardia Drama Theater, New York (Est. 1936)
24-Jul-2000 to 28-Jul-2000
American premiere.
Performance times: Tuesday 24/07, Wednesday 25/07, Thursday 26/07. Friday 27/07, Saturday 28/07, at 20:00.
Linked Productions
A Kind of Alaska (The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2001)
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One for the Road / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (New Ambassadors) (2001)
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The Homecoming / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Gate Theatre - Comedy Theatre) (2001)
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Landscape (The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2001)
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Monologue / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (National Theatre) (2002)
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The Room (Almeida-The Lincoln Center Festival New York) (2000)
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Mountain Language / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Royal Court) (2001)
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Ashes to Ashes / The Lincoln Center Festival New York (Royal Court) (2001)
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Linked People
Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Creative | Director
Eileen Diss (1931)
Creative | Set Designer
Mick Hughes (1938 - 2018)
Creative | Lighting Designer
Dany Everett
Creative | Costume Designer
John Leonard (1951)
Creative | Sound Designer
Linked Organisations
Almeida Theatre (Producing House | Est. 1982)
1 Almeida St, London N1 1TA, England
Producer.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1956)
14 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Producer of transfer.
Characters
Lambert (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Keith Allen (1953)
Matt (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Andy de la Tour (1948)
Julie (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Susan Wooldridge (1950)
Russell (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Stephen Pacey (1957)
Suki (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Lia Williams (1964)
Richard (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Thomas Wheatley (1951)
Sonia (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Indira Varma (1973)
Waitress 1 (Age: Not specified, Female)
Waitress implies a woman.
Performer: Nina Raine (1975)
Waitress 2 (Age: Not specified, Female)
Waitress implies a woman.
Performer: Emilie Strawson
Waitress 2 (Age: Not specified, Female)
Waitress implies a woman.
Performer: Katherine Tozer (1975)
Prue (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Lindsay Duncan (1950)
Waiter (Celebration) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Danny Dyer (1977)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
Interview with Lindsey Duncan, conducted by Harry Burton, November 2020 (Video)
Type: Interview
External Link: https://youtu.be/4FKJ7KVp89M
Interview with Indira Varma, conducted by Harry Burton, October 2020 (Video)
Type: Interview
External Link: https://youtu.be/bN32UEGxxoU
Photostage image gallery (Image)
Type: Image gallery
External Link: https://www.photostage.co.uk/drama/pinter-harold/celebration.html
Sources
Celebration and The Room Production Programme
The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/32
Library archive
Information about performance times, venues and linked organisations taken from programme.
Harold Pinter Official Website
http://haroldpinter.org/home/lincolnfestival.shtml
URL
Information about linked persons and performers taken from site's webpage for the production [accessed 29 April 2018].