Macbeth (Hackney Downs Grammar School) (1947)

Macbeth

Date from	26 March 1947
Date to	28 March 1947
No of Performances	3
Language	English

Venues

Hackney Downs Grammar School (Est. 1876)

26-Mar-1947 to 28-Mar-1947

Linked Productions

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Linked People

Linked Organisations

Hackney Downs Grammar School (Training & Education | Est. 1876)

Producer: high school performance.

Characters

Macbeth (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Pinter's first acting role, in this high school production.

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

The British Library Manuscript Collections, Joseph Brearley Papers. Add MS 89422/3/1 (Paper-based)

Type: Archival holding

Contains: ‘Macbeth performed by Hackney Downs School Dramatic Society, 26, 27 and 28 Mar 1947. Produced by Mr. J. Brearley. Cast includes Harold Pinter as Macbeth, and Henry Woolf as First Apparition (names underlined in the programme).‘

Sources

William Baker's A Harold Pinter Chronology

William Baker, A Harold Pinter Chronology (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p.3.

Academic book

Harold Pinter's speech upon receipt of the David Cohen Prize for Literature, 15 March 1993

'Harold Pinter, 'A Speech of Thanks', Various Voices, further revised edition, London: Faber and Faber, 2009, pp. 69-73.

Public speech

Pinter recalls being cast as Macbeth, and wearing his contemporary major-general uniform home on the 38 bus after rehearsals (p. 71).

The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter