Night School is a play by Harold Pinter presented on television in 1960. [1] [2] It was first published in 1961. [3] The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant. [4] As customary with most of Pinter's works, the play features many aspects of Comedy of menace.
Original production
Associated-Rediffusion broadcast the play on 21 July 1960, in a production by Joan Kemp-Welch, for the ITV Television Playhouse series. [5]
- Cast
- Sally - Vivien Merchant
- Walter - Milo O'Shea
- Solto - Martin Miller
- Under Manager - Nicholas Stuart
- Manager - Bernard Spear
- Annie - Jane Eccles
- Milly - Iris Vandeleur
- Hostess - Mavis Traill
- Cast member - Barbara Ferris
- Cast member- Carol Austin
Radio adaptation
The BBC Third Programme broadcast the play on 25 September 1966, in a production by Guy Vaesen. [6]
- Cast (in order of speaking)
- Annie - Mary O'Farrell
- Walter - John Hollis
- Milly - Sylvia Coleridge
- Sally - Prunella Scales
- Solto - Sydney Tafler
- Tully - Preston Lockwood
- Barbara - Barbara Mitchell
- Mavis - Carol Marsh
References
- ^ "Night School (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Plays". haroldpinter.org.
- ^ "Night School". haroldpinter.org.
- ^ "Harold Pinter". doollee.com.
- ^ Pinter, Harold (March 21, 2013). Harold Pinter Plays 2: The Caretaker; Night School; The Dwarfs; The Collection; The Lover. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571300785 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Night School". September 25, 1966. p. 20 – via BBC Genome.
External links
- Night School at IMDb
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Night School is a play by Harold Pinter presented on television in 1960. [1] [2] It was first published in 1961. [3] The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant. [4] As customary with most of Pinter's works, the play features many aspects of Comedy of menace.
Original production
Associated-Rediffusion broadcast the play on 21 July 1960, in a production by Joan Kemp-Welch, for the ITV Television Playhouse series. [5]
- Cast
- Sally - Vivien Merchant
- Walter - Milo O'Shea
- Solto - Martin Miller
- Under Manager - Nicholas Stuart
- Manager - Bernard Spear
- Annie - Jane Eccles
- Milly - Iris Vandeleur
- Hostess - Mavis Traill
- Cast member - Barbara Ferris
- Cast member- Carol Austin
Radio adaptation
The BBC Third Programme broadcast the play on 25 September 1966, in a production by Guy Vaesen. [6]
- Cast (in order of speaking)
- Annie - Mary O'Farrell
- Walter - John Hollis
- Milly - Sylvia Coleridge
- Sally - Prunella Scales
- Solto - Sydney Tafler
- Tully - Preston Lockwood
- Barbara - Barbara Mitchell
- Mavis - Carol Marsh
References
- ^ "Night School (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Plays". haroldpinter.org.
- ^ "Night School". haroldpinter.org.
- ^ "Harold Pinter". doollee.com.
- ^ Pinter, Harold (March 21, 2013). Harold Pinter Plays 2: The Caretaker; Night School; The Dwarfs; The Collection; The Lover. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571300785 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Night School". September 25, 1966. p. 20 – via BBC Genome.
External links
- Night School at IMDb
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