Betrayal, the sold-out London hit starring Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox comes to Broadway for a strictly limited engagement.
Direct from a standing-room-only hit run in London, Betrayal is the story of an illicit affair that unfolds in reverse—from the end of a marriage to the first forbidden spark. Starring Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Zawe Ashton (Velvet Buzzsaw) and Charlie Cox (Daredevil) in their Broadway debuts, this stunning production features the daring vision of one of the UK's most acclaimed directors.
The verbal thrills of Pinter's text arise from the fact that his characters are educated, literary people, well versed in the power of words - and the silences in between them - to attack and humiliate. But what is also revealed by the tightly wound ensemble under Lloyd's guidance is that, despite the play's title, this is also a romantic tragedy, though one played out with carefully restrained emotions. One person's act of Betrayal can be another's act of uncontrolled desire.
Reverse chronology has become a familiar narrative device in film, but when Harold Pinter employed it in 1978 in his blisteringly personal drama about an extramarital affair, Betrayal, it was still uncommon enough to become highly influential. It makes the drama start from a place of awkwardness steeped in grief, two years after the illicit liaison has finished, and end at the beginning, with a rapturous sense of secret possibility, marbled by the deep vein of melancholy present from the first scene. That emotional complexity smolders like hot coals in Jamie Lloyd's expertly calibrated production, transferring to Broadway direct from its hit London engagement.
| 1980 | Broadway |
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| 2000 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2013 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2019 | West End |
London Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre West End |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Soutra Gilmour |
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