Dame Penelope Wilton talks about Harold Pinter

Penelope Wilton reflects on her long association with Harold Pinter. Topics include the original National Theatre production of BETRAYAL; working with Peter Hall & Karel Reisz; core principles of acting; other Pinter works including LANDSCAPE; A KIND OF ALASKA; CELEBRATION; TESS. Filmed by Harry Burton for www.PinterLegacies.com

[@elletuppen4844]

Dame Wilton is such a treasure and true lady. So beautiful and humble.

[@edward311]

Such a brilliant actress.

[@archanarathore4511]

This is like petrichor…the smell of soil emanating from the raindrops falling on it!! Thank you so much for this interview!! 🙏🙏♥️♥️

[@tonykins1945]

I really think this is the most interesting discussion I've ever watched about life in the theatre, acting, and the appeal of good writing. Absolutely fascinating.

[@Mataharifilms]

Thankyou Tony

[@vivienmerchant]

This is a wonderfully perceptive discussion; it is based on professional experience, but also finely balanced with a sense of artistic and deeply personal engagement. The best acting (and it is quite rare) is not really acting at all, but a synthesis; this is communicated very strongly in this interview, with intelligence, sincerity and humility.

[@Mataharifilms]

Thanks for this. HB

[@lisafreund1110]

Adore Penelope Wilton.

[@craigmills3583]

What a fascinating interview. I loved doing Pinter in drama at school and was lucky enough to be taken as part of our GCSE’s to see Penelope in A Kind of Alaska at the Donmar. I remember her vividly in the performance on stage in the bed. It was the first time i’d been to the theatre in London having grown up in Mid Wales!

[@Mataharifilms]

She was quite wonderful in that. What a play ALASKA is. Appreciate your comment.

[@henrysmith883]

Love these interviews. Please do /post more.

[@AnnoraEksteen]

This indeed wonderfully and truly interesting interview had me scratching my head a bit about the term bouleversé. I am from South Africa and my first language is Afrikaans. I, however, think that Dame Penelope Wilton may be meant that the reviews were bad and caused a trite (banal / clichéd) complete bouleversé (upset) amongst the theater-goers about Betrayal the play, but after audiences have seen it and formed their own opinions, there was a bouleversement of thought (a turn around) and thus it was spread by word of mouth that the play was absolutely captivating. Please correct me if I'm wrong. In any case: I love the word bouleversé and I think I can add it to my small French vocabulary.

[@Mataharifilms]

Yes I think you’ve got the sense of it. Thanks for watching.

[@ronaldchapman2806]

What a superb interview.

[@Mataharifilms]

Thank you for watching

[@barbarahourigan8462]

❤️❤️

[@jonicottle2874]

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