DRAMA
DRAMA
© Martin Rosenbaum
Late Company Jordan Tannahill
HAROLD PINTER was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime’s achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime’s achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Légion d'honneur. He died in December 2008.
The Pres and an Officer Harold Pinter
an undiscovered sketch with a foreword by Antonia Fraser
‘“What would Harold have thought of Trump?” People are always asking me that question. (He died in 2008, eight years before Trump’s election.) Now we know. As it were.’ Antonia Fraser ‘The foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century.’ From the Swedish Academy citation on awarding Harold Pinter the Nobel Prize for Literature, 2005 The Pres and an Officer was discovered by Antonia Fraser on one of the yellow pads Harold Pinter used for writing in autumn 2017.
When the Shaun-Hastings sit down to dinner with the Dermots, closure is on the menu. But recrimination becomes the main course as their good intentions are stripped away and both couples’ culpability in a tragedy is laid bare. Late Company received its European premiere at the Finborough Theatre, London, in April 2017 and transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in August of the same year. ‘This is theatre in its purest form: a cathartic cleansing.’ Independent ‘Utterly transfixing . . . Tannahill’s writing fizzes with authenticity. His arrow sharp dialogue is by turns comic and excruciating.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Enthralling.’ The Times
The Lie Florian Zeller
The Suppliant Women Aeschylus
In Florian Zeller’s The Lie, a companion piece to his play The Truth, Michel and Laurence are coming for dinner. But Alice has spotted Michel kissing another woman that very afternoon, leaving her with a dilemma. Her husband Paul believes it is better to behave as if nothing has happened; Alice is far from sure. An argument ensues and as their own relationship is held up to scrutiny, the question as to who is being protected and why grows ever more difficult to answer.
Fifty women board a boat in North Africa and flee across the Mediterranean, leaving everything behind. They are escaping forced marriage and seek asylum in Greece.
The Lie received its English language world premiere at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, in September 2017.
Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Women, in a version by David Greig, premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in October 2016, in a production by ATC.
Translated by Christopher Hampton
‘Deliciously edgy . . . the no-man’s land that exists in every marriage.’ The Times
in a version by David Greig
One of the world’s oldest plays, The Suppliant Women is about the plight of refugees, about moral and human rights, civil war, democracy and ultimately the triumph of love. It tells a story that echoes down the ages to find striking and poignant resonance today.
‘An epic, feminist protest song.’ Guardian
‘With the zip and wit of its predecessor, The Truth.’ Guardian
‘This stunning poetic tidal wave is tailor-made for a 21st-century audience.’ Irish Times
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