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.
Secret love shacks, or love flats as the case may be, notwithstanding, no affair is an island built for two - there's always at least a third person in the mix, typically considered the betrayed. In Jamie Lloyd's masterful revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal - one is tempted to call it a reinvention, so deeply and definitely urgent is his take - three of the ever-shifting betrayers and betrayees occupy the stage at all times, one or another bearing silent witness as the other two enact an affair's all-too-familiar scenes of lies, transgressions, excitement and the love that, at least fleetingly, prompts it all.
1980 | Broadway |
Broadway |
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 |
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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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