One of the 4 plays at ACT's Pinter Festival this summer. As the previous two I watched, Old Times is equally strange. Disconnected conversations, silence, repetition, allusion. Pinter plays with words, sometimes, telling you that he's playing with the words but without have any fun twist of the words. An old friend, the only friend 20 years ago of the wife, came for a visit from Sicily to this couple's house in the English countryside. Song segments alternates from the husband to the friend. Memories of their lives with the wife 20 years ago, all in a strange and at times twisted way. The friend remembers a young man sobbing on the wife's bed when they were sharing a room in their youth. The husband recalls meeting with this friend before the marriage. The wife remembers this friend dead.
Simple stage. I really think they should put some cover on the 2 bed/sitting lounge. Great acting and articulation, as always.
