The film of Butley was produced by the American Film Theatre in 1974 with the following cast:
BEN BUTLEY – Alan Bates
JOEY KEYSTON – Richard O’Callaghan
REG NUTALL – Michael Byrne
EDNA SHAFT – Jessica Tandy
ANNE BUTLEY -Susan Engel
MISS HEASMAN – Georgina Hale
MR GARDNER – Simon Rouse
JAMES – John Savident
Directed by Harold Pinter
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Harold Pinter and Simon Gray on the set of Butley
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PUBLISHING INFORMATION
The stage play version of Butley was published as a Faber Contemporary Classic in Simon Gray: Plays 1 on July 7th 2010. To order a copy on special offer at 25% discount please contact Faber and use code GRAYPLAYS. Or check out the Plays section of our bookshop.
It is also available in the following editions:
Key Plays (Faber and Faber 2002 ISBN 0-571-21634-X)
The Definitive Simon Gray Volume I (Faber and Faber 1992 ISBN 0-571-16223-1)
Plays 1 (Methuen 1986 ISBN 0-413-40420-X)
Butley (Eyre Methuen 1971)
Butley (Samuel French US)