The Basement

Summary: BBC Television produced Pinter’s A Slight Ache, A Night Out and The Basement in a triple bill in the Theatre 625 strand.
Theatre play: The Basement by Harold Pinter [more information]
Play synopsis: Law sits in his heavily furnished basement flat reading a Perisan love manual. His old friend calls on his, bringing in a women. Conflict arises.
Production history: First conceived in 1963 as The Compartment, this original television play would in subsequent years be performed on stage (e.g. in a double bill with another of Pinter’s television plays The Tea Party at the Duchess, London, in 1970).
Date of transmission: Monday 20 February 1967
Time: 9.05-10.05pm
Series: Theatre 625
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Director

Charles Jarrott

Producer

Michael Bakewell

Playwright

Harold Pinter

Designer

Eileen Diss

Cast

Title: The Basement (BBC, 1967) (Archive file)
Archive: BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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Reference: T5/873 The Basement, 1967

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