Recorded in the official Pinter archive
Look Europe! at the Almeida
Staged reading · 5 October 1997
London · Almeida Theatre
In this record
The official Pinter archive records the Almeida reading on 5 October 1997. Gari Jones directed a cast including Pinter as the Tramp, Roger Lloyd Pack as Sarkohi, Nadim Sawalha as the security man and Anna Friel as the secretary. Source 1
David Lister’s advance report explains a particular restraint in Friel’s role: the play leaves an allegation about the imprisoned journalist and his assistant unresolved because the real people portrayed remained in danger. Friel speaks about the responsibility of performing a story involving prisoners of conscience. These reported comments precede the reading and describe its artistic stakes. Source 24
Creative credits
- Writer
- Ghazi Rabihavi
- Director
- Gari Jones
- Translation · attributed by Malu Halasa
- Nilou Mobasser
- Tramp
- Harold Pinter
- Faraj Sarkohi
- Roger Lloyd Pack
- Security man
- Nadim Sawalha
- Secretary
- Anna Friel
Sources and distinctions
Harold Pinter · acting for the stage
Official retrospective: Almeida reading on 5 October 1997, Gari Jones directing, with named cast.
Malu Halasa · Nilou Mobasser obituary
Retained republication of Halasa’s obituary. Attributes the 1997 translation of Look Europe! to Mobasser and connects it with that year’s Almeida presentation. This is an obituary attribution, separate from the official archive’s acting and directing credits.
David Lister · Look, Justice!
The Independent preview, 3 October 1997. Lister speaks to Pinter and Friel before the advertised Almeida reading on 5 October; his account of the safety-driven ambiguity in Friel’s role is not an after-performance review.