The Lover

Summary: Yorkshire Television production for ITV of Harold Pinter’s The Lover.
Theatre play: The Lover by Harold Pinter [more information]
Play synopsis: One-act play about a husband and wife’s fantasy extramarital affair they play out with each other. The husband appears threatened by his wife’s enjoyment of their fantasy and demands an end to the affair.
Production history: In January 1963, Pinter asked Guy Vaesen to direct The Lover on the London stage; it was first performed on television, in March, and the Arts Theatre stage production followed in September 1963, with Vaesen as Assistant Director of a double bill with The Dwarfs (source: Michael Billington, The Life and Work of Harold Pinter, p. 145).
Date of transmission: Sunday 9 January 1977
Time: 10.00-11.00pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: Yorkshire Television (1968-)