Pinter Plays Series

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

The Hothouse

by Harold Pinter

Published 1 January 1980

This play was written in 1956 but was not produced until 1980. Set in what turns out to be a government-run mental home this play is a black comedy which examines bureaucratic power. This edition includes the revisions made by the author following his own production of the play in Hampstead and the West End. Other plays by this author include "The Caretaker", "The Birthday Party", "No Man's Land" and "Old Times" and his screenplays include "The Servant", "Accident" and "The Go-Between".