Mountain Language

Summary

BBC production of Mountain Language by Harold Pinter, with the case from the National Theatre production which premiered some months earlier.

Theatre play

Mountain Language by Harold Pinter [more information]

Play synopsis

On censorship and freedom of speech.

Production history

Opened at the National Theatre, London in October 1988.

Date of transmission

Friday 11 November 1988

Time

10.15-10.35pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

National Theatre, London

Credits

Director

Harold Pinter

Producer

Louis Marks

Lighting

Clive Thomas

Playwright

Harold Pinter

Designer

Stuart Walker

Cast

Elizabeth Archer	Woman
Anthony Askew	Guard
Eileen Atkins	Elderly Woman
Jean Channon	Woman
Samantha David	Woman
Michael Gambon	Sergeant
Alec Gifford	Guard
Alex Hardy	Hooded Man
George Harris	Guard
Tony Haygarth	Prisoner
Cryss Jean Healey	Woman
Anne Higgins	Woman
Jennifer Hill	Woman
Charlotte Kasner	Woman
Pauline Lewis-John	Woman
Keely Marshall	Woman
Douglas McFerran	Second Guard
Anne Priestley	Woman
Miranda Richardson	Young Woman
Julian Wadham	Officer

Audiovisual sources

Title

Mountain Language (BBC, 1988)

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, 8 December 1988 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 27; listing, with image, p. 47; poem, p. 102