The school friend who commissioned, directed and acted in Pinter's first play Henry Woolf's place in the theatre history is small but significant, a bit like Woolf was himself. Until his death at the age of 91, he was the last survivor of a gang who made friends at Hackney Down grammar school in the 1930s. The most famous member of the group was Harold Pinter. The Room, Pinter's first play, was more or less commissio…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AM on November 16, 2021