The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Mountain Language (Premiere: National Theatre) (1988-1989)
Mountain Language (1988)
| Multi-part Production | Mountain Language and Bartholomew Fair (Ben Jonson) |
| Date from |
17 October 1988
|
| Date to |
21 January 1989
|
| No of Performances | 22 |
| Premiere | Yes |
| Touring | Yes |
| Language | English |
Venues
National Theatre: Lyttelton Theatre
17-Oct-1988 to 14-Dec-1988
Performance times: 18:15. Previews: 17, 18 (matinee and evening) and 19/10. Press night: 20/10. Part of the NT's Platform Performance series.
Vaudeville Theatre (Est. 1870)
17-Dec-1988 to 21-Jan-1989
Performance times: evenings 17:30 and matinees 13:15.
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Creative | Director
Michael Taylor
Creative | Set Designer
Lynn Clarke
Creative | Costume Supervisor
Julian McCready
Creative | Assistant Lighting Designer
David Smith
Creative | Sound Designer
Elizabeth Markham
Technical | Stage Manager
Sonia Friedman (1965)
Technical | Assistant Stage Manager
Sue Millin
Technical | Deputy Stage Manager
Kenneth Mackintosh (1919 - 2006)
Technical | Staff Director
Rodger Hulley
Technical | Production Manager
Ivan Kyncl (1953 - 2004)
Creative | Production Photographer
Neville Brody
Creative | Poster design
Neville Brody
Creative | Programme design
Designed cover.
Michael Mayhew
Creative | Programme design
Rose Towler
Creative | Programme design
Laurie Clayton
Creative | Lighting Designer
Listed in programme as 'Laurence'.
Linked Organisations
English PEN (Association of Writers | Est. 1921)
Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3GA, England
Author donated part of his royalties to the Writers in Prison Fund of English PEN, 7 Dilke Street, London SW3.
Royal National Theatre (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1963)
South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England
Producer.
Characters
Young Woman (Age: Not Specified, Female)
Performer: Miranda Richardson (1958)
Elderly Woman (Age: Not Specified, Female)
Performer: Eileen Atkins (1934)
Officer (Mountain Language) (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Julian Wadham (1958)
Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: George Harris (1949)
Prisoner (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Tony Haygarth (1945 - 2017)
Hooded Man (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Alex Hardy
Second Guard (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Douglas McFerran (1958)
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Jennifer Hill
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Irene MacDougall
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Kika Mirylees (1959)
Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)
Performer: Charlotte Seago
Sergeant (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Michael Gambon (1940 - 2023)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
Photostage image gallery (Image)
Type: Image gallery
External Link: https://www.photostage.co.uk/drama/pinter-harold/mountain-language.html
Sources
Daniel Rosenthal's The National Theatre Story
Daniel Rosenthal, The National Theatre Story (London: Oberon, 2013)
Academic book
Information for number of performances and performance times for Lyttleton run taken from Rosenthal's unpaginated book, and section for 1988.
Mountain Language Production Programme
The British Library Modern Manuscripts, The Harold Pinter Archive, Add MS 88880/8/25
Library archive
Information for Vaudeville transfer, performance times and 'linked organizations' taken from programme.