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written by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a> in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albert Stokes, a loner in his late twenties lives with his emotionally suffocating mother and works in an office. After being falsely accused of groping a female at an office party, he wanders the streets until he meets a girl, who invites him to her flat, where he responds to her overtures by angrily demeaning her. Then he returns home to his mother.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The play had its first performance on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Third_Programme" title="BBC Third Programme">BBC Third Programme</a> on 1 March 1960, with Pinter's acting-school classmate and friend <a href="/wiki/Barry_Foster_(actor)" title="Barry Foster (actor)">Barry Foster</a> as Albert Stokes, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a> as Seeley, and <a href="/wiki/Vivien_Merchant" title="Vivien Merchant">Vivien Merchant</a>, Pinter's first wife, as the Girl. (Full production details and "Radio Review" accessible at www.haroldpinter.org.) <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its performance on television a month later, on 24 April 1960, was Pinter's first big success as a playwright in that medium. As presented on <a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC Weekend TV</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Armchair_Theatre" title="Armchair Theatre">Armchair Theatre</a></i>, it was viewed by 6.4 million households, at that time a record for a single television drama.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some other ABC production details (full cast and credits accessible at BFI Screenonline): </p> <ul><li>Director <a href="/wiki/Philip_Saville" title="Philip Saville">Philip Saville</a></li> <li>Producer <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Newman" title="Sydney Newman">Sydney Newman</a></li> <li>Designer 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.haroldpinter.org&rft.atitle=www.haroldpinter.org+-+Plays&rft.au=raysdesigns2000%40hotmail.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haroldpinter.org%2Fplays%2Findex.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Night+Out+%28play%29" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-bibl.html">"Harold Pinter - Bibliography"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Harold+Pinter+-+Bibliography&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nobelprize.org%2Fnobel_prizes%2Fliterature%2Flaureates%2F2005%2Fpinter-bibl.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Night+Out+%28play%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/946293/">"BFI Screenonline: Night Out, A (1960)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BFI+Screenonline%3A+Night+Out%2C+A+%281960%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.screenonline.org.uk%2Ftv%2Fid%2F946293%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Night+Out+%28play%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFraysdesigns2000@hotmail.com" class="citation web cs1">raysdesigns2000@hotmail.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180118121349/http://haroldpinter.org/plays/title_nightout.shtml">"www.haroldpinter.org - A Night Out"</a>. <i>www.haroldpinter.org</i>. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Room_(play)" title="The Room (play)">The Room</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_(play)" title="The Birthday Party (play)">The Birthday Party</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dumb_Waiter" title="The Dumb Waiter">The Dumb Waiter</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Slight_Ache" title="A Slight Ache">A Slight Ache</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hothouse" title="The Hothouse">The Hothouse</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker" title="The Caretaker">The Caretaker</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Night Out</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_School_(play)" title="Night School (play)">Night School</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i>The Dwarfs</i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(play)" title="The Collection (play)">The Collection</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lover_(play)" title="The Lover (play)">The Lover</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_(play)" title="Tea Party (play)">Tea Party</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Homecoming" title="The Homecoming">The Homecoming</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Basement_(play)" title="The Basement (play)">The Basement</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Landscape_(play)" title="Landscape (play)">Landscape</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silence_(1969_play)" title="Silence (1969 play)">Silence</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Times" title="Old Times">Old Times</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Monologue</i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Man%27s_Land_(play)" title="No Man's Land (play)">No Man's Land</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betrayal_(play)" title="Betrayal (play)">Betrayal</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Voices" title="Family Voices">Family Voices</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Kind_of_Alaska" title="A Kind of Alaska">A Kind of Alaska</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Station_(play)" title="Victoria Station (play)">Victoria Station</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Harold_Pinter_play)" class="mw-redirect" title="One for the Road (Harold Pinter play)">One for the Road</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Language" title="Mountain Language">Mountain Language</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i>The New World Order</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Party Time</i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_(play)" title="Moonlight (play)">Moonlight</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ashes_to_Ashes_(play)" title="Ashes to Ashes (play)">Ashes to Ashes</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Celebration_(play)" title="Celebration (play)">Celebration</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Remembrance_of_Things_Past_(play)" title="Remembrance of Things Past (play)">Remembrance of Things Past</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dramatic sketches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>The Black and White</i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trouble_in_the_Works" title="Trouble in the Works">Trouble in the Works</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i>The Last to Go</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Request Stop</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Special Offer</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>That's Your Trouble</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>That's All</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Interview</i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Applicant_(sketch)" title="Applicant (sketch)">Applicant</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Dialogue for Three</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Umbrellas</i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_(sketch)" title="Night (sketch)">Night</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Precisely_(sketch)" title="Precisely (sketch)">Precisely</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i>God's District</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Press Conference</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Apart From That</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>The Pres and an Officer</i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker_(film)" title="The Caretaker (film)">The Caretaker</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Servant_(1963_film)" title="The Servant (1963 film)">The Servant</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pumpkin_Eater" title="The Pumpkin Eater">The Pumpkin Eater</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quiller_Memorandum" title="The Quiller Memorandum">The Quiller Memorandum</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Accident_(1967_film)" title="Accident (1967 film)">Accident</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_(1968_film)" title="The Birthday Party (1968 film)">The Birthday Party</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Homecoming_(film)" title="The Homecoming (film)">The Homecoming</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Langrishe,_Go_Down_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langrishe, Go Down (film)">Langrishe, Go Down</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Go-Between_(1971_film)" title="The Go-Between (1971 film)">The Go-Between</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i>The Proust Screenplay</i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Tycoon_(1976_film)" title="The Last Tycoon (1976 film)">The Last Tycoon</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_French_Lieutenant%27s_Woman_(film)" title="The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)">The French Lieutenant's Woman</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victory_(novel)#Adaptations" title="Victory (novel)">Victory</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betrayal_(1983_film)" title="Betrayal (1983 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Lear</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleuth_(2007_film)" title="Sleuth (2007 film)">Sleuth</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_works_by_Harold_Pinter" title="List of works by Harold Pinter">Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter_bibliography" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold Pinter bibliography">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Characteristics_of_Harold_Pinter%27s_work" title="Characteristics of Harold Pinter's work">Characteristics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honours_and_awards_to_Harold_Pinter" class="mw-redirect" title="Honours and awards to Harold Pinter">Honours and awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter_and_academia" title="Harold Pinter and academia">Relationship with academia</a></li> <li><a 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