''Moonlight'' is a play written by
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramat ...
, which premiered at the
Almeida Theatre, in London, in September 1993.
Setting
:1. Andy's bedroom — well furnished
:2. Fred's bedroom — shabby
:''(These rooms are in different locations.)''
:3. An area in which Bridget appears, through which Andy moves at night and where Jake, Fred and Bridge play their scene. (Grove Press ed., n. pag.)
Synopsis
Andy, who is on his deathbed,
rehashes his youth, loves, lusts, and betrayals with his wife, el while simultaneously his two sons red and Jake– clinical, conspiratorial, the bloodless, intellectual offspring of a hearty anti-intellectual – sit in the shadows, speaking enigmatically and cyclically, stepping around and around the fact of their estrangement from their father, rationalizing their love-hate relations with him and the distance that they are unable to close even when their mother attempts to call them home. In counterpoint to their uncomprehending isolation between the extremes of the death before life and the death after is their younger sister, Bridget, who lightly bridges the gaps between youth and age, death and life. (Back cover of the Grove Press ed.)
Characters
*ANDY, a man in his fifties
*BEL, a woman of fifty
*JAKE, a man of twenty-eight
*FRED, a man of twenty-seven
*MARIA, a woman of fifty
*RALPH, a man in his fifties
*BRIDGET, a girl of sixteen (Grove Press ed., n. pag.)
Productions
Premiere
First performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, on 7 September 1993; transferred to the Comedy Theatre in November 1993
;Cast
*
Ian Holm (Andy)
*
Anna Massey (Bel)
*
Douglas Hodge (Jake)
*
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool wi ...
(Fred)
*
Jill Johnson (Maria)
*
Edward de Souza (Ralph)
*
Claire Skinner (Bridget)
;Production team
*
David Leveaux, director
*
Bob Crowley, Designer (''HaroldPinter.org'')
New York premiere
At the
Laura Pels Theatre,
Roundabout Theatre Company, 27 September – 17 December 1995
;Opening Night Cast
*Melissa Chalsma (Bridget)
*
Blythe Danner (Bel)
*
Paul Hecht (Ralph)
*Barry McEvoy (Fred)
*
Jason Robards (Andy)
*
Liev Schreiber (Jake)
*
Kathleen Widdoes (Maria)
;Production team
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Karel Reisz, director
*
Tony Walton, Set Designer
*Mirena Rada, Costume Designer
*
Richard Pilbrow, Lighting Designer
*
Tom Clark, Sound Designer (''
IOBDB'')
BBC Radio 3 programme
Part of ''Harold Pinter Double Bill'' (with ''
Voices'') originally broadcast to marking Pinter's 75th birthday, in October 2005; rebroadcast as part of the ''Harold Pinter Tribute'' on
BBC Radio 3
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's ''Drama on 3'', on 15 February 2009.
;Cast
*
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramat ...
(Andy)
*
Sara Kestelman (Bel)
*
John Shrapnel(Ralph)
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Jill Johnson (Maria)
*
Douglas Hodge (Jake)
*
Harry Burton (Fred)
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Indira Varma
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series ''R ...
(Bridget)
;Production team
*Janet Whitaker, director
*
Elizabeth Parker, Music
Works cited
*
Pinter, Harold. ''Moonlight'', New York:
Grove Press, 1994. (10). (13). (Parenthetical references to this edition appear in the text.)
*–––.
Moonlight'. ''Harold Pinter Double Bill'' (with ''
Voices''). ''
BBC Radio 3
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Drama Programmes – Drama on 3''.
BBC
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, 15 February 2009.
Web. 15 February 2009.
irst broadcast Oct. 2005, as part of Pinter's 75th birthday celebration. Re-broadcast 15 February 2009, as part of ''Harold Pinter Tribute''. (Streaming audio accessible for 7 days after broadcasts).]
References
External links
*
Moonlight' – ''HaroldPinter.org: Official Website of the International Playwright Harold Pinter''.
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{{Pinter
Plays by Harold Pinter
1993 plays