Death and the Maiden
- By:
- Ariel Dorfman
- Management:
- Creative Management and Productions
- Cast:
- Thandie Newton, Anthony Calf, Tom Goodman-Hill
- Director:
- Jeremy Herrin
- Design:
- Peter McKintosh
- Website:
- click here
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Search Amazon for Death and the Maiden items Search for tickets at TicketmasterHarold Pinter attended an early reading of the play that would become Death and the Maiden held at the ICA in November 1990, and told its young Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman that it felt like it was a sequel to his own 1984 play One for the Road, which also revolved around a woman who had been raped and tortured. And it was Pinter who, in turn, sent it to the Royal Court, where it received its world premiere in July 1991, but not without difficulties when the theatre sought to make changes to the script, and Dorfman was implored by original star Juliet Stevenson to "come and save your play". The airfare was met by an anonymous benefactor whom Dorfman became convinced was Pinter, though Pinter refused to ever confirm it...
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