Tea party : and other plays / Harold Pinter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Methuen modern plays

A Methuen modern play

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

121 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm.

Edition:

[Second edition].

Manufacture:

Fakenham : Printed by Cox & Wyman Ltd.

Place of Publication:

London : Eyre Methuen Ltd., 11 New Fetter Lane, [1974]

Contents:

Tea party [play]

The basement

Night school

Tea party : a short story.

Notes:

Series from cover.

"Paperback edition first published 1970. Second edition with the addition of a short story, 'Tea Party', 1974."

"'Tea Party' was commissioned by sixteen member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, to be transmitted by all of them under the title, 'The Largest Theatre in the World.' Ot was first presented by B.B.C. Television on 25 March 1965 ... 'Tea Party' and 'The Basement' opened at the Duchess Theatre on 17 September 1970 ..."

"'The Basement' was first presented by B.B.C. Television on 20 February 1967 ..."

"'Night School' was first presented by Associated Rediffusion Televison on 21 July 1960 ... It was later performed on the B.B.C. Third Programme on 25 September 1922 in the version printed here ..."

"Tea Party" short story (p. [116]-121). "I wrote this short story in 1963 and in 1964 was commissioned by the B.B.C. to write a play for the European Broadcasting Union. I decided to treat the same subject in play form. In my view, the story is the more successful. H. P."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

ISBN:

0413316009

9780413316004

OCLC:

7235916