Old Times

Old Times
Written byHarold Pinter
CharactersAnna
Deeley
Kate
Date premiered1 June 1971 (1971-06-01)
Place premieredAldwych Theatre
London
Original languageEnglish
SettingAutumn; night. A converted farmhouse.

Old Times is a play by Harold Pinter.[1] It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on 1 June 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was directed by Peter Hall. The play was dedicated to Hall to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Peter Hall also directed the Broadway première, which opened at the Billy Rose Theater in New York City on 16 November 1971, starring Robert Shaw, Rosemary Harris and Mary Ure; and a year later, the German language première of the play at the Burgtheater in Vienna, with Maximilian Schell, Erika Pluhar and Annemarie Düringer. In February 2007 Hall returned again to the play directing a new production with his Theatre Royal, Bath company. Old Times was ranked among the 40 greatest plays ever written by Paul Taylor and Holly Williams of The Independent, and described as one of Pinter's "most haunting and unnerving pieces".[2]

  1. ^ Charles Marowitz (13 June 1971). "Theater in London – Old Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "The 40 best plays to read before you die". The Independent. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.