Sir Arnold Wesker delighted by revivals of his work

He had 200 people at his 70th birthday party. And there will be only 100 when he celebrates his 80th birthday in May. “It is going to be a more intimate affair,” Arnold Wesker insisted.

But the event will perhaps be a more joyous occasion for the noted and knighted playwright, one of the original Angry Young Men of the theatre more than half a century ago, thanks to a remarkable surprise birthday received in advance...

“He wanted to do something more extensive than what is planned now – a total of seven productions – but he has only managed to raise the finance for three,” Wesker says. “Nevertheless, what a wonderful thing it is for any playwright to have this happen right out of the blue for his 80th birthday.”

First on the agenda is a revival of Denial, the play Wesker wrote in 1997 about false memory syndrome....

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