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Available
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Publication
Grove Press (1994), 75 pages
Description
Old Times was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 1 June 1971. It was revived at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in July 2004. 'Old Times is a joyous, wonderful play that people will talk about as long as we have a theatre.' New York Times 'What am I writing about? Not the weasel under the cocktail cabinet . . . I can sum up none of my plays. I can describe none of them, except to say: that is what happened. This is what they said. That is what they did.' Harold Pinter
User reviews
LibraryThing member jburlinson
Elusive and portentous. It's Pinter, after all. Not his best, to my mind, but it's difficult for me to put into words why this doesn't quite do it for me the way No Man's Land or The Homecoming does. Maybe if I were Pinter, I could express it better.
LibraryThing member Devil_llama
A strange and disturbing look at a couple hosting an old friend for dinner. The play runs more on what is not said than on what is said. Snippets of ideas presented, never quite completed, as the couples talk around whatever it is that was in their past. It starts off simply enough, but the
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conversation gets progressively weirder as the evening goes on, and at times appears to blur time itself. A fascinating work that stays with you long after you put it down. Show Less
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Awards
Tony Award (Nominee — Play — 1972)
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Special Citation — 1971-1972)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1971
Physical description
75 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0802150292 / 9780802150295