The Hothouse

Summary

BBC production of The Hothouse by Harold Pinter.

Theatre play

The Hothouse by Harold Pinter [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in a psychiatric hospital, this terrifying drama charts ‘irregular occurrences’ such as the death of a patient and another who has given birth to a baby, with father unknown.

Production history

Pinter first submitted The Hothouse to the BBC for possible production on radio; later he revised it for the stage and it premièred in Hampstead in 1980.

Date of transmission

Saturday 27 March 1982

Time

9.35-11.30pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Harold Pinter

Producer

Louis Marks

Lighting

Dennis Channon

Playwright

Harold Pinter

Designer

Stuart Walker

Script Editor

Stuart Griffiths

Cast

Roger Davidson	Lambert
Edward de Souza	Lobb
Robert East	Lush
Michael Forrest	Tubb
James Grant	Gibbs
Derek Newark	Roote
Angela Pleasence	Miss Cutts

Additional details

Play tags

mental health / illness

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Hothouse (BBC, 1982)

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

Radio Times, 25 March 1982 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 5; listing, with image, p. 25; poem by Roger Woddis, p. 81