Ten speaking roles plus one non-speaking. This is the play that enabled me to get to know and work with Harold Pinter. He thought it should be done at the National Theatre, but it never was. He even planned to direct himself but his ill health put paid to that. Synopsis: While the Americans try
Two actors, one set. An extra-marital passion. A touch of Eros and Thanatos in the night. Extract: JOHN: So, what did you think of the play? MARY: I found it dry. There was no feeling in it. That made me angry. But I wasn’t bored. JOHN: I felt like crying out for them to stop.
Six actors, one set. One son moves in and the other moves out of the flat owned by their father, whose presence is somewhat overbearing. Extract: They take the cups out into the kitchen. Annie comes over to Stephen and kisses him lightly. Mark follows the others out into the kitchen. ANNIE