The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Victoria Station (1982)
Harold Pinter
Play script
English
A dialogue over two-way radio between a bewildered taxi driver and an exasperated dispatcher who is trying, without success, to direct him to a waiting fare.
Date of Composition: 1 January 1982
Linked Works
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Linked Places
Victoria Station (Type of place: Location (within the fiction))
The taxi driver in Victoria Station has never heard of this, one of London's largest railway stations.
Crystal Palace (Type of place: Location (within the fiction))
The taxi driver in Victoria Station claims to be outside Crystal Palace, which was originally located in Hyde Park, London, and relocated to this park in Penge from 1854 to 1936, when it was ravaged by fire and destroyed. Pinter's character, then, could not have been at his stated location.
Cuckfield (Type of place: Location (within the fiction))
The destination of the taxi fare from central London in Victoria Station. A 'good job' indeed.
Publishers
Methuen London Ltd on (14 October 1982)
Appears in 'Other Places: Three Plays', first edition.
Characters
Controller (Age: Not specified, Male)
Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 192
Driver (Age: Not specified, Male)
Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 192
Resources
Full text on Drama Online (URL)
Type: Script
External Link: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/victoria-station-iid-134587/
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Sources
Dramatist's Play Service Website
https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=305
URL
The summary of the play is taken and adapted from the publisher's webpage advertising the acting edition and performance rights [accessed 14 November 2017].
Google Books
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Other_places.html?id=ZQ5aAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
URL
Publication details retrieved from webpage [13 November 2017].