Happy Birthday, Harold (Harold Pinter Theatre)
Happy Birthday, Harold (Harold Pinter Theatre)

Happy Birthday, Harold (Harold Pinter Theatre) (2018)


Happy Birthday, Harold (Harold Pinter Theatre)

Multiple

Date from

10 October 2018

A charity gala event, on the evening of what would have been Harold Pinter's 88th birthday, during the Jamie Lloyd season of Pinter plays at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Date to

10 October 2018

No of Performances 1
Language English

Venues

Harold Pinter Theatre (Est. 1881)

10-Oct-2018 to 10-Oct-2018

Linked Productions

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

Linked People

Jamie Lloyd (1980)

Creative | Director

Curator of the event


Linked Organisations

The Jamie Lloyd Company (Theatre Company | Est. Unknown)

Harold Pinter Theatre (Theatre | Est. 2011)

Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN, England

Characters

Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)

Performer: John Simm (1970)

Lady (Request Stop) (Age: Not specified, Female)

Unnamed character from 'Request Stop'; other non-speaking parts in this work include Small Man, Two other Women and a Man.

Performer: Hayley Squires (1988)

A (That's Your Trouble) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Jon Culshaw (1968)

B (That's Your Trouble) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Tom Edden

Roote (Age: fifties, Male)

Performer: Simon Russell Beale (1961)

Gibbs (The Hothouse) (Age: thirties, Not specified)

Performer: John Simm (1970)

Sarah Woodruff (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Kristin Scott Thomas (1960)

Aston (Age: early thirties, Male)

Mick's brother

Performer: Con O'Neill (1966)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

An audio recording of pinter reading ‘Death’ was played between the extract from The Caretaker and the reading of ‘Arthur Miller’s Socks’.

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Greig read ‘Arthur Miller’s Socks’

Performer: Tamsin Greig (1966)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Harington read ‘Problem’

Performer: Kit Harington

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Masson read ‘The Mirror’

Performer: Forbes Masson

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Marber read ‘A Wake for Sam’

Performer: Patrick Marber (1964)

Mrs A (Age: Not specified, Female)

Unnamed character from 'That's All'

Performer: Sheila Hancock (1933)

Mrs B (Age: Not specified, Female)

Unnamed character from 'That's All'

Performer: Felicity Kendal

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

O’Flynn read ‘Poem (to A)’

Performer: Kate O'Flynn (1986)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Essiedu read ‘Paris’

Performer: Paapa Essiedu (1990)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Williams read ‘To Antonia’

Performer: Lia Williams (1964)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Varma read ‘I Know the Place’

Performer: Indira Varma (1973)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Steed read ‘Poem’

Performer: Maggie Steed (1946)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Suchet read ‘To My Wife’

Performer: David Suchet (1946)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

An audio recording of Pinter reading ‘It is Here (For A)’’ was played between the reading of ‘To My Wife’ and the interval.

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Ruth (The Homecoming) (Age: early thirties, Female)

Performer: Indira Varma (1973)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Snow read Pinter’s ‘House of Common’s Speech’

Performer: Jon Snow

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

An audio recording of Pinter reading ‘The Disappeared’ was played between the readings of ‘House of Commons Speech’ and ‘The Old Days’

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

West read ‘The Old Days’

Performer: Samuel West (1966)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Williams read ‘The Special Relationship’

Performer: Lia Williams (1964)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Tovey read ‘God Bless America’

Performer: Russell Tovey (1981)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

An audio recording of Pinter reading ‘American Football’ was played the readings of ‘God Bless America’ and ‘The Bombs’

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Kemp read ‘The Bombs’

Performer: Gary Kemp (1959)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Squires read ‘Weather Forecast’

Performer: Hayley Squires (1988)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Heffernan read ‘Don’t Look’

Performer: John Heffernan (1981)

Pres (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Jon Culshaw (1968)

Officer (Mountain Language) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jonjo O'Neill (1978)

Briggs (Age: thirties, Male)

Performer: Jeremy Irons (1948)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

O’Flynn read ‘Modern Love’

Performer: Kate O'Flynn (1986)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Kendal read ‘Message’

Performer: Felicity Kendal

Kate (Old Times) (Age: early forties, Female)

Performer: Jade Anouka

Deeley (Age: early forties, Male)

Performer: Paapa Essiedu (1990)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Grainger read from ‘Mac’

Performer: Gawn Grainger (1937)

Emma (Age: 38, Female)

Emma 38 at the beginning of the play, and her age changes as the time period moves more or less backward from 1977 to 1968

Performer: Zawe Ashton (1984)

Robert (Betrayal) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Tom Hiddleston (1981)

Mr Fibbs (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Lee Evans (1964)

Mr Wills (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Tom Edden

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

An audio recording of Pinter reading ‘Joseph Brearley 1909-1977 (Teacher of English)’ was played between the extract from Betrayal and the reading of ‘The Coast’

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Reader (Age: Not Specified)

Allen read ‘The Coast’

Performer: Keith Allen (1953)

Linked Awards

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Resources

Invitation envelope and insert (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Photograph of end of performance address (Image)

Type: Image

YouTube video, on Jamie Lloyd channel; (Video)

Type: Social media

External Link: https://youtu.be/41jTx07iQEI

Various actors connected to the Pinter at the Pinter season wish Harold a happy birthday.

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