The Birthday Party

It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]

Cast

Kenneth Cranham

as Stanley Webber

Joan Plowright

as Meg Bowles

Harold Pinter

as Nat Goldberg

Colin Blakely

as Shamus McCann

Julie Walters

as Lulu

Robert Lang

as Petey Bowles

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