Harold Pinter, the British dramatist currently represented on Broadway with the revival of Betrayal, starring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers series), Charlie Cox (Daredevil), and Zawe Ashton (Wanderlust) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, was born October 10, 1930.
In honor of his birthday, Playbill is looking back at six other Pinter plays that have come to the Great White Way.
Flip through photos of the Pinter on Broadway below:
James Patterson won a Tony Award in the 1967 New York bow of this Pinter play about a party that becomes a nightmare following the arrival of two unexpected, sinister guests. Alan Schneider directed a cast that also incldued Ed Flanders, Henderson Forsythe, Ruth White, and Edward Winter.
The Birthday Party Playbill - Oct 1967
In the Trinity Square Repertory Company’s 1982 production of this dark comedy, the paranoid superintendent at a government-run rest home must cope with an annoying aide and a disastrous holiday auction.
The Hothouse at the Playhouse Theatre
David Jones directed the 2003 Broadway revival of this Pinter Play, which explores the changing relationship between two brothers when a vagabond enters their lives. The cast featured Patrick Stewart, Kyle MacLachlan, and Aiden Gillen, who received a Tony nomination.
The Caretaker at the American Airlines Theatre
Daniel Sullivan directed this 2007 Tony-nominated revival about the ultimate dysfunctional family. The cast featured Ian McShane, Raúl Esparaza, and Eve Best; the later two were nominated for Tony Awards.
The Homecoming Playbill - Opening Night
In this enigmatic play starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, and Shuler Hensley, two aged poets have a conversation in a strange home environment filled with hostile servants. This 2013 production played in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot.
Joan Marcus
No Man's Land / Waiting for Godot Playbill - Opening Night
Screen star Clive Owen made his Broadway debut in this 2015 revival, opposite Eve Best and Kelly Reilly. Douglas Hodge directed the production about a power battle that ensues when a married couple is visited b the wife's friend from long ago.
Old Times at the American Airlines Theatre.
