The Birthday Party was first presented by Michael Codron and David Hall at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, on 28 April 1958, and subsequently at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith, with the following cast:
PETEY Willoughby Gray
MEG Beatrix Lehmann
STANLEY Richard Pearson
LULU Wendy Hutchinson
GOLDBERG John Slater
McCANN John Stratton
Directed by Peter Wood
The Birthday Party was revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 18 June 1964 with the following cast:
PETEY Newton Blick
MEG Doris Hare
STANLEY Bryan Pringle
LULU Janet Suzman
GOLDBERG Brewster Mason
McCANN Patrick Magee
Directed by Harold Pinter
The Birthday Party was broadcast on BBC Television on 28 June 1987 with the following cast:
PETEY Robert Lang
MEG Joan Plowright
STANLEY Kenneth Cranham
LULU Julie Walters
GOLDBERG Harold Pinter
McCANN Colin Blakely
Directed by Kenneth Ives
The Birthday Party was revived at the Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, on 17 March 1994 with the following cast:
PETEY Trevor Peacock
MEG Dora Bryan
STANLEY Anton Lesser
LULU Emma Amos
GOLDBERG Bob Peck
McCANN Nicholas Woodeson
Directed by Sam Mendes
The Birthday Party was revived at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Duncan C. Weldon on 11 March 2005 with the following cast:
PETEY Geoffrey Hutchings
MEG Dame Eileen Atkins
STANLEY Paul Ritter
LULU Sinead Matthews
GOLDBERG Henry Goodman
McCANN Finbar Lynch
Directed by Lindsay Posner