"A large room in a house in North West London" on a summer night and the following morning. See more

• Hirst, a man in his sixties
• Spooner, a man in his sixties
• Foster, a man in his thirties
• Briggs, a man in his forties … See more

In the 1970s, Hirst, an ageing man of means begins a night of heavy drinking in his drawing room with an anonymous peer whom he only just met at a pub. Hirst's talkative and somewhat disheveled guest, calling him… See more

The London première of No Man's Land, directed by Peter Hall, opened at the Old Vic Theatre (then home to the National Theatre), on 24 April 1975, starring John Gielgud as Spooner and Ralph Richardson as Hirst and with … See more

In reviewing the London première, on 24 April 1975, Michael Billington, of The Guardian, observes that the play is "about precisely what its title suggests":
the sense of being caught in some mysterious … See more

• "No Man's Land" – BBC Four online feature for Pinter at the BBC, hyperlinked; includes link to RealVideo clip of Michael Billington discussing No Man's Land (2 mins., 17 secs.) [archived].
• No Man's Land at the Duke of Yo… See more