'Old Times' is a play by Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on 1 June 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was directed by Peter Hall. The play was dedicated to Hall to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Peter Hall also directed the Broadway première, which opened at the Billy Rose Theater in New York City on 16 November 1971, starring Robert Shaw, Rosemary Harris and Mary Ure; and a year later, the German language première of the play at the Burgtheater in Vienna, with Maximilian Schell, Erika Pluhar and Annemarie Düringer. In February 2007 Hall returned again to the play directing a new production with his Theatre Royal, Bath company. 'Old Times' was ranked among the 40 greatest plays ever written by Paul Taylor and Holly Williams of 'The Independent' newspaper, and described as one of Pinter's 'most haunting and unnerving pieces'.

The plot concerns Deeley and his wife Kate who are visited by Anna, an old friend of Kate's, who they haven't seen in over 20 years. Anna launches into recollecting memories of concerts and other bohemian haunts the two women shared while young and living together in London.

Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A 'Nobel Prize' winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years.

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