SUMMARY: “a comedy of menace” (I. Wardle)

Stanley is the only guest at Meg and Petey’s at their rundown seaside boarding house. Life is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of two mysterious and sinister strangers called Goldberg and McCann. A young woman, Lulu, arrives as well and gets caught in the mix. Everyone assumes the 2 men have come to throw a party for Stanley. Instead, they terrorise him on behalf of some ‘organization’, and he breaks down. They take him away claiming he’s had a nervous breakdown.

The Birthday Party

Written by Harold Pinter

Directed by Jim MaGee 1970

CAST:
Jim MaGee ............. Petey       Joan Evans ........Lulu
Jo Valentine............. Meg       Cornel Sawchuck.... Goldberg
Ian Leigh-Cooper .... Stanley       Bud Abbott ... McCann

PRODUCTION CREW:
Gerry Atchison ..... Producer       Jim MaGee..... Set Design
Gene McDonald .... Stage Manager Arlene Galarneau ..... Assistant Stage Manager
Karen Gordon ..... Costumes    Make-Up ..... Mame Connick
Arlene Galarneau, Rudy Engels .... Lighting Effects    Paul Lauzon .... Programme Design
Janet Littlejohn, Marilyn Colgur .... Properties
Cliff Owen, Les Mason, Steven Henderson, Martin Conolly, George Galarneau ..... Set construction