The casting is incredible. In the first two ( of seven ) collections of short plays by Harold Pinter we have Jonjo O’Neill, Paapa Essiedu, Antony Sher, Kate O’Flynn, Russell Tovey, David Suchet and ( the voice of ) Michael Gambon, with a massive line-up of big names still to come in the later collections.
Pinter One is a pretty grim evening with political oppression and torture as its principal subjects with just a little comedy break in a short sketch featuring an anachronistic Donald Trump. The final play, One For The Road, is deeply disturbing and left me wanting to head for the nearest bar for a stiff drink.
Pinter Two consists of two plays which are much more light-hearted. While I enjoyed them, they did seem rather dated. Both written in the sixties, they present attitudes to sexual relationships which seem like historical curiosities today. I’m really looking forward to collections three to seven.