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The Harold Pinter Play: The Basement

on BBC One London

with Derek Godfrey as Law, Harold Pinter as Stott, Kika Markham as Jane
(First shown on BBC-2)

Law, stolid, conventional, perhaps a little dull, sits in his heavily furnished basement flat complacently reading a Persian love manual. There is a ring at the doorbell. Outside stands his old friend Stott, soaking wet and accompanied by a girl, Jane. They have not met for years. Law welcomes him in, gives him a towel and a drink, and invites him to stay the night...
"His best television play to date" (Sunday Times)

Contributors

Writer:
Harold Pinter
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Producer:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Charles Jarrott
Law:
Derek Godfrey
Stott:
Harold Pinter
Jane:
Kika Markham

BBC One London

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