A pub crawl in which nothing happens, five times. It's 1961 and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker has just opened in Paris to devastating reviews. Bent on drowning his sorrows, Pinter picks what turns out to be the regular haunt of his literary idol, Samuel Beckett. Together, the pair spend the evening trawling the pubs of Paris, forever dodging closing time.

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Based on the recollections of Harold Pinter in his 'Eulogy for Samuel', Onion Soup is the fictitious imagining of what might have taken place that night. It is a tale of fame, friendship, loss and acceptance. And booze.

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Onion Soup was co-written with Michael Ramus and workshoped by Downstage Write. The writing and development of the script was funded by a Developing Your Creative Practice Arts Council England grant, which William held from 2022-2023.

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Rehearsed readings were directed by Jon Nash, with performances by

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Steve Jacobs......................Samuel Beckett

Simon Edwards..................Harold Pinter

Florian Saturley..................Waiter

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Onion Soup is now available as a theatre script and radio play. For more information about rights and availability please get in touch.