Tea Party (play)

Tea Party
First publication (Methuen & Co. Ltd.)
Based onTea Party
by Harlod Pinter
Written byHarold Pinter
Directed byCharles Jarrott
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release25 March 1965 (1965-03-25)
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Tea Party is a play written by Harold Pinter, which Pinter adapted from his own 1963 short story of the same title. As a screenplay, it was commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union, directed by Charles Jarrott, and first transmitted on BBC Television in the programme The Largest Theatre in the World on 25 March 1965 (Complete Works: Three 100). It was first produced on stage in October 1968 as part of a double bill with Pinter's play The Basement.