It’s Christmas day at a government run psychiatric hospital. One patient has died and another has just given birth. With the boss unraveling, and the employees unaware of the powder keg simmering beneath them, events hurtle hilariously to a horrifying climax. A riotous blend of farce and terror, The Hothouse is by far the funniest of plays written by Harold Pinter, one of the most original voices of the 20th century and recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Pinter wrote The Hothouse in 1958 but chose not to produce it until 1980. It remains one of the celebrated playwright's best kept secrets.
