Betrayal trio lay bare tale of infidelity
DIRECTOR Jamie lloyd says that because he set harold pinter’s Betrayal, about a trio engaged in infidelity, on an almost bare stage, there’s a sensual force field around the actors — Tom hiddleston, Zawe ashton and Charlie Cox, pictured above right.
Designer soutra Gilmour’s stripped-back set (two chairs, a small table, bottles of wine and beer and a few glasses) allows the cast to be, as lloyd put it, ‘front and centre’.
he added: ‘There’s nothing in their way, way so there’s a heat between them because you feel, palpably, the electricity.
‘You’ve got to believe they’re all having sex. You can’t be prudish about it. harold wasn’t a prude.’
lloyd curated the six-month pinter season at the harold pinter Theatre that included 30 pieces. it was a mammoth undertaking undertaking, produced by emily Vaughan- Barratt and overseen by executive adam speers.
On many visits, i’ve been struck by the generational mix of the audience. it was also great to see the pinter’s four levels packed for Betrayal.