London première
Lyric Hammersmith, London, UK, directed by Peter Wood, May 1958.
- Cast
- Willoughby Gray as Petey
- Beatrix Lehmann as Meg
- Richard Pearson as Stanley
- Wendy Hutchinson as Lulu
- John Slater as Goldberg
- John Stratton as McCann
(The Birthday Party [Grove Press ed.] 8)
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Gateway Company, directed by Victor Carin, 1962[28]
New York City première
Booth Theatre, New York, US, directed by Alan Schneider, October 1967.
- Cast
- Henderson Forsythe as Petey
- Ruth White as Meg
- James Patterson as Stanley
- Alexandra Berlin as Lulu
- Ed Flanders as Goldberg
- Edward Winter as McCann
(The Birthday Party [Grove Press ed.] 8) The production was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.
2013
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago directed by Austin Pendleton 24 January – 28 April 2013. The cast included Ian Barford as Stanley, John Mahoney as Petey, and Moira Harris as Meg.
2018
The play was revived by Ian Rickson at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London starring Toby Jones (who reprised the role of Stanley after his 2016 performance for BBC Radio 3), Stephen Mangan, Zoe Wanamaker[29] and Pearl Mackie,[30] 9 January - 14 April 2018.
