The Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 and published in 1965 by Harold Pinter. Its premières in London (1965) and New York (1967) were both directed by Sir Peter Hall. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Play. Its 40th-anniversary Broadway production at the Cort Theatre was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for "Best Revival of a Play".
First edition (publ. Methuen & Co. Ltd.)
Carolyn Jones and John Church were replacements in the original Broadway production, as "Ruth" and "Lenny" (1967)
Pinter's home in Ambrose Place, Worthing, where he wrote The Homecoming
Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
Pinter in 2005
Pinter's house in Worthing, 1962–64
Pinter in 1962
Study of Pinter by Reginald Gray, 2007. (New Statesman, 12 January 2009)
