Remembrance of Things Past (play)

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Remembrance of Things Past
Written by	Marcel Proust, adapted by Harold Pinter and Di Trevis
Date of premiere	23 November 2000
Place of premiere	Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre
Original language	English
Setting	Paris, during World War I and the years prior to it
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Remembrance of Things Past is a stage version by director Di Trevis of The Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter.

Pinter had adapted the seven volumes of Marcel Proust's magnum opus A la recherche du temps perdu for filming by Joseph Losey. He completed the first draft in the summer of 1972, but for a number of reasons it never achieved cinematic life.

The screenplay, 'a masterpiece...which captures Proust's merciless social comedy' ^[1] was published by Eyre Methuen in 1978 ISBN 041338960X.

[edit] Original Production

The stage version opened at the Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre on 23 November 2000 and starred Sebastian Harcombe (Marcel), Duncan Bell (Charles Swann), David Rintoul (Charlus) and Fritha Goodey (Odette de Crecy). The production was designed by Alison Chitty with music by Dominic Muldowney and lighting designed by Ben Ormerod. Jack Murphy was movement director.

The production transferred to the Olivier Theatre, National Theatre on 23 February 2001 where it ran until 4 April 2001.

[edit] References

• Theatre Record and its annual Indexes

[edit] External Links

• Website of original National Theatre production
• Time Present and Time Past: Jonathan Croall talks to Harold Pinter about adapting Marcel Proust's masterpiece for the stage [1]