National Theatre / The Hothouse / Harold Pinter

E-trailer for the National Theatre's production of 'The Hothouse' by Harold Pinter.

'The day got off to a lousy start! A death and a birth. Absolutely bloody scandalous! Is it too much to ask -- to keep the place clean?'

At once chilling and deliriously funny, Harold Pinter's The Hothouse was written in 1958 just before The Caretaker.

'You've insulted me, you've insulted the cook, and you've insulted Jesus Christ.'

Harold Pinter, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005, is generally regarded as the world's greatest living dramatist.

From 11 July

Director: Ian Rickson
Designer: Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson

E-trailer produced by Stephen Cummiskey featuring Leo Bill, Finbar Lynch, Stephen Moore, Peter Pacey, Paul Ritter and Lia Williams, with music by Stephen Warbeck

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• Hothouse
• Harold
• Pinter
• Ian
• Rickson
• Stephen
• Cummiskey

[britcomfan247]

In London and want to see a new production of the Hothouse, performed by a well-established company? Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, The Garage Theatre, NW1. Doors open 7pm, arrive early to avoid disappointment.

[MissDido22]

R.I.P

[jcgalad]

One word: INTENSE

all Pinter plays are, after all :)

[mummyfunster]

Went to see this and it was amazing to hear people laughing during the torture sequences... that was probably more frightening than the play itself!

[thelifeandtimesofsam]

wow! RIP Pinter you were amazing!

and wel done to director ian rickson for this amazing work!

[noelephantitis]

What a stupid, stupid, stupid preview. Pinter is spinning . . .

[sandiegoactress]

R.I.P. playwright Harold Pinter (1930-2008). We take a Pinteresque pause in your honor: [ ].

[EgonSchiele2]

R.I.P. Harold Pinter

[redwesteastnorth]

If anybody was a fan of Paul Ritter in this then go and see The Norman Conquests at The Old Vic. He is an amazing actor and really makes the show.

[bertiethetoupee4]

Pinter takes a bit of getting into but if you start with The Birthday Party because it's just classic Pinter and then you'll be hooked. His work is so eccentric and yet poignant and he truly deserves the Nobel Prize.