Mountain Language - Harold Pinter - BBC2 - 1-12-88

A serious short play from Harold Pinter. The Royal Court Theatre describes it as "Mountain Language - follows a group of prisoners in an unnamed country, trying to find a voice when their native language has been banned."

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Mountain Language by HAROLD PINTER.
'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer exists. Any questions?'

Lighting CLIVE THOMAS
Designer STUART WALKER Producer LOUIS MARKS
Directed by HAROLD PINTER

Designer: Stuart Walker
Producer: Louis Marks
Directed By: Harold Pinter
Sergeant: Michael Gambon
Young woman: Miranda Richardson
Officer: Julian Wadham
Elderly woman: Eileen Atkins
Guard: George Harris
Prisoner: Tony Haygarth
Second guard: Douglas McFerran
Hooded man: Alex Hardy
Women .............: Jennifer Hill
Women .............: Anne Higgins, Elizabeth Archer, Cryss Jean Healey
Women .............: Samantha David,
Women .............: Charlotte Kasner,
Women .............: Keely Marshall,
Women .............: Pauline Lewis-John,
Women .............: Jean Channon,
Women .............: Anne Priestley
Guards: Anthony Askew,
Guards: Alec Gifford

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