Night School (play)

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Night School is a play by Harold Pinter presented on television in 1960.[1][2] It was first published in 1961.[3] The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant.[4] As customary with most of Pinter's works, the play features many aspects of Comedy of menace.

Original production[]

Associated-Rediffusion broadcast the play on 21 July 1960, in a production by Joan Kemp-Welch, for the ITV Television Playhouse series.[5]

Cast

Radio adaptation[]

The BBC Third Programme broadcast the play on 25 September 1966, in a production by Guy Vaesen.[6]   

Cast (in order of speaking)

References[]

  1. ^ "Night School (1960)". BFI.
  2. ^ "Plays". haroldpinter.org.
  3. ^ "Night School". haroldpinter.org.
  4. ^ "Harold Pinter". doollee.com.
  5. ^ Pinter, Harold (March 21, 2013). Harold Pinter Plays 2: The Caretaker; Night School; The Dwarfs; The Collection; The Lover. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571300785 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Night School". September 25, 1966. p. 20 – via BBC Genome.

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