Monologue

Summary

BBC production of Harold Pinter’s Monologue.

Theatre play

Monologue by Harold Pinter [more information]

Play synopsis

In which the single character Man addresses an empty chair for twenty minutes, talking mainly about the past.

Production history

Subsequent to its BBC Television production in April 1973, it was presented at the Kings Head Theatre, Hampstead in August-September 1973. (Source: http://www.haroldpinter.org/plays/plays_monologue.shtml.)

Date of transmission

Friday 13 April 1973

Time

10.15-10.35pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Christopher Morahan

Producer

Christopher Morahan

Lighting

Dennis Channon

Playwright

Harold Pinter

Designer

Christopher Pensel

Cast

Henry Woolf

Man

Audiovisual sources

Title

Monologue (BBC, 1973)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Pinter’s Monologue on Television (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Peter Fiddick (Reviewer)

Reference

The Guardian, 14 April 1973, p. 10

Title

Radio Times, 5 April 2973 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 55

Title

The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (Book)

Author/creator

Michael Billington (Author)

Reference

London: Faber, 1996

Linking notes

p. 237