<p>The Hothouse was first produced in 1980, though Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958 just before commencing work on The Caretaker.<br><br><br>'The Hothouse is one of Pinter's best plays: one that deals with the worm-eaten corruption of bureaucracy, the secrecy of government and the disjunction between language and experience.'<br><br>Michael Billington.<br><br><br>'The Hothouse is at once sinister and hilarious, suggesting ...