Old times
Old Times is a classic Harold Pinter play about the fragility of shared history and the power of what is left unsaid. When Kate's old friend Anna arrives at her and Deeley's home, the three begin recounting a past they have all lived through — but no two of them can agree on what actually happened. Deeley's account of their shared history is quietly undermined by Anna's, and Kate's own version of events is quietly undermined by Deeley's. As the three trade stories, the truth of what happened twenty years ago begins to emerge, and the cost of that truth becomes clear. Pinter's signature ambiguity and tense, ambiguous dialogue make Old Times one of his most haunting and unsettling pieces.
A man in his forties, married to Kate, who has known Anna for decades and is unsettled by the conflicting stories she and Kate tell about their shared past.
Deeley's wife, a woman in her forties who has been Anna's closest friend for twenty years and whose own account of their shared history clashes with Anna's.
Kate's old friend, a woman in her forties whose account of her and Kate's past is wildly different from the version Kate and Deeley have accepted.