No Man's Land

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No Man's Land

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4m

In an old house in North West London, two sexagenarians, with the acerbic aid of two younger men, bring forth their realities, memories, inclinations and claims for recognition.

Image: 2008 West End Production (Tristram Kenton)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: Two 1977 Tony Awards
    Nominee: Two 1977 Drama Desk Awards
    Nominee: Two 2014 Tony Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Play
    Nominee: 2017 Olivier Award

Details

Summary

In No Man’s Land, two elderly writers, having met in a London pub, continue drinking and talking into the night. All might be well, until the return home of two younger men. Their relationships are exposed, with menace and hilarity, in one of Pinter’s most entertaining plays.

History

No Man’s Land premiered at the Old Vic in London on 23 April 1975. It then transferred to the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre, debuting in July 1973. It made its Broadway debut at the Longacre Theatre in October 1976.

HIRST - a man in his sixties
SPOONER - a man in his sixties
FOSTER - a man in his thirties
BRIGGS - a man in his forties

  • Time Period 1970s
  • Setting

    The drawing room of Hirst’s residence. 

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Media

“A masterly summation of all the themes that have long obsessed Pinter.” – The Guardian

“No Man’s Land is about precisely what its title suggests...the sense of being caught in some mysterious limbo between life and death, between a world of brute reality and one of fluid uncertainty. ... the play is a masterly summation of all the themes that have long obsessed Pinter: the fallibility of memory, the co-existence in one man of brute strength and sensitivity, the ultimate unknowability of women, the notion that all human contact is a battle between who and whom. ... It is in no sense a dry, mannerist work but a living, theatrical experience full of rich comedy in which one speech constantly undercuts another.” –The Guardian

”
Mysterious, bleakly beautiful and very funny, No Man’s Land demonstrates that though it may take a little while to latch on to the laws of Pinterland, it is well worth the effort.” – The Independent 

Videos

  • No Man’s Land – 2014 Broadway Revival Sneak Peek youtube thumbnail

    No Man’s Land – 2014 Broadway Revival Sneak Peek

  • No Man’s Land – Steppenwolf Theatre Trailer youtube thumbnail

    No Man’s Land – Steppenwolf Theatre Trailer

Photos

  • No Man's Land

    Image: 2008 West End Production (Tristram Kenton)

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Harold Pinter

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 ...

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