Old Times
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One of Harold Pinter's most popular plays, Old Times was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 1, 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and it was directed by Peter Hall.
When Anna visits her old friend, Kate, and Kate's husband, Deeley, in the country, reminiscing about old times quickly turns into a battle between Anna and Deeley for control over Kate, who ultimately demonstrates that it is she who has the control over them both. The play demonstrates that the power to manipulate memory can be as dangerous as any weapon as characters relive and revise their own histories to cement or break the social bonds between each other.
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| The Plays of Harold Pinter |
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| Plays : Ashes to Ashes, The Basement, Betrayal, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, Celebration, The Collection, The Dumb Waiter, The Dwarfs, Family Voices, The Homecoming, The Hothouse, A Kind of Alaska, Landscape, The Lover, Moonlight, Monologue, Mountain Language, A Night Out, Night School, No Man's Land, Old Times, One for the Road, Party Time, Remembrance of Things Past (with Di Trevis), The Room, Silence, A Slight Ache, Tea Party, Victoria Station, Voices (with James Clarke) Sketches : Apart from That, Applicant, The Black and White, Dialogue for Three, Interview, Last to Go, The New World Order, Night, Precisely, Press Conference, Request Stop, Special Offer, That's All, That's Your Trouble, Trouble in the Works |
