Productions
- Première
It was first broadcast as a radio play directed by Sir Peter Hall and performed by Michael Kitchen (Voice One), Peggy Ashcroft (Voice Two), and Mark Dignam (Voice Three) on BBC Radio 3 on 22 January 1981.
Subsequently, it was presented in a "platform performance" directed by Hall at London's Cottesloe Theatre with the same director and cast.
In October 1982, it was presented again as part of Other Places, along with two of Pinter's other works, a one-act play A Kind of Alaska and a shorter play Victoria Station, also directed by Hall. For this production, the cast included:
- Nigel Havers – Voice One
- Anna Massey – Voice Two
- Paul Rogers – Voice Three
Other theatre personnel were:
- John Bury, Design and Lighting
- John Caulfield, Stage Manager
- Kenneth Mackintosh, Staff Director
- Jason Barnes, Production Manager
It was given lunchtime stage performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre in February and April 1987, with Mark Dignam repeating his role of Voice Three, but with Anton Lesser as Voice One and Ruby Head as Voice Two.
Another theatrical trilogy entitled Other Places, with Pinter's then-newer play One for the Road (1984) instead of Family Voices, was directed by Alan Schneider, in New York City. (This production is not listed on Pinter's official website.)
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