The Homecoming
Play - Original
Music Box Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview: January 3, 1967
- Opening Date: January 5, 1967
- Closing Date: October 14, 1967
- Previews: 3
- Performances: 324
Playwright: Harold Pinter
Synopsis
An expat professor brings his wife home to North London to meet his working-class family. Fraught with jealousy, tension and rivalry, the homecoming threatens their marriage and intensifies a lifetime of aggression among brothers and sons.
Opening Night Cast
| Michael Craig | Teddy | |
| Ian Holm | Lenny | |
| Vivien Merchant | Ruth | |
| John Normington | Sam | |
| Terence Rigby | Joey | |
| Paul Rogers | Max |
Opening Night Production Credits
| Harold Pinter | Writer | |
| Rosemary Beattie | Re-staged | |
| Victor Samrock | General Manager | |
| James D. Proctor | General Press Representative | |
| Max Gendel | Press Representative | |
| Lawrence Belling | Press Representative |
Awards
New York Drama Critics' Circle
| Year | Category | Name | Winner/Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Best Play | Harold Pinter | Winner |
Tony Award
| Year | Category | Name | Winner/Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Actor in a Play | Paul Rogers | Winner |
| 1967 | Actress in a Play | Vivien Merchant | Nominee |
| 1967 | Direction of a Play | Peter Hall | Winner |
| 1967 | Featured Actor in a Play | Ian Holm | Winner |
| 1967 | Play | Winner | |
| 1967 | Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | John Bury | Nominee |
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