The Room

For the 2003 Tommy Wiseau film, see The Room (film)

The Room has strong ties to The Birthday Party, also by Harold Pinter. Both plays take place in a derelict boarding house which becomes the scene of a visitation. In The Room, a blind black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message.

The Room is invested with the elements that make Pinter's work unique: the disturbing familiarity of the dialogue, the subtle characterization, the compulsive power that can be by turns funny, moving, and wildly funny.

The Room was first presented at the Hampstead Theatre Club on January 21, 1960 with the following cast:

Original Cast

Bert Hudd - Howard Lang
Rose - Vivien Merchant
Mr. Kidd - Henry Woolf
Mr. Sands - John Rees
Mrs. Sands - Auriol Smith
Riley - Thomas Baptiste

External links

[Review of new American Conservatory Theater double bill of Harold Pinter's 'Celebration' and 'The Room']

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