DAVIES, an elderly drifter, is given shelter by the kindly but vulnerable Aston.
He quickly makes himself at home in the squalid, junk-filled attic, but an uneasy peace is fractured by the arrival of Mick, Aston’s quick-witted, streetwise younger brother.
As the shadows lengthen and the three men reveal more about the past and themselves, a battle of wits begins that will have irrevocable consequences for them all.
A landmark of 20th century theatre, The Caretaker was first performed at The Arts Theatre, London in 1960.
Fifty years on, Pinter’s compelling study of loneliness and power games still has the capacity to amuse, to shock and to fascinate.
Playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist, Harold Pinter was born on 10 October 10, 1930. in East London. He wrote 29 plays including The Birthday Party, Old Times, The Homecoming and Betrayal.
In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died on Christmas Eve 2008.
This year London Classic Theatre celebrates 10 years on tour, having performed to over 300,000 people at more than 150 theatres and arts centres around the UK and Ireland.
The company, led by founder and artistic director Michael Cabot, produces challenging, accessible drama for audiences in London and the regions. LCT has explored the work of some of the finest playwrights of the last 50 years, including Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Mike Leigh.
They have also staged more challenging work, with national tours of Bryony Lavery’s Frozen and two UK premières, Nightfall by Joanna Murray-Smith and Love in the Title by Hugh Leonard.
Tickets for this and other events can be booked by calling the box office on 01982 552555.