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Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 1m
Harold Pinter
When Deeley and his wife Kate are visited by her old friend Anna, tensions bubble up as memories are used for more than just reminiscing.
Winner! Two 1972 Drama Desk AwardsNominee: Five 1972 Tony Awards, including Best PlayNominee: 2013 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play
“What am I writing about? Not the weasel under the cocktail cabinet ... I can sum up none of my plays. I can describe none of them, except to say: that is what happened. This is what they said. That is what they did.” - Harold Pinter.Deeley and his wife Kate are visted by Anna, an old friend of Kate’s, who they haven’t seen in over 20 years. Anna launches into recollecting memories of concerts and other bohemian haunts the two women shared while young and living together in London. When the memories become more than just stories and prove to be a tool to vie for Kate’s attention, Deeley also begins to bring up stories that are almost too clear to be true. However it’s Kate’s memory that gives the play its shocking conclusion.
Old Times first premiered in the West End with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in June 1971, under the direction of Peter Hall. It then opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on 16 November 1971, starring Robert Shaw, Rosemary Harris and Mary Ure.
DEELEYKATEANNA
A converted farmhouse in the night time in autumn.
“Transfixing... cunning, sexy, ultimately highly disturbing.” – The New York Times
“Deeply unnerving, bafflingly brilliant... totally gripping.” – The Telegraph
“So resonant... exposes the way we shape the past according to the psychological needs of the present.” – The Guardian
Old Times – 2015 Broadway Revival About the Show
Old Times – Soulpepper Theatre Company Trailer
Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was born in London on October 10, 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980).
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama, he worke ...