In his film version of Catastrophe, Pinter remained very loyal to Beckett's original script. There were only a few deviations. The first came when they assistant asked whether the protagonist's finger should be pointed. In the original, she suggests that his hands should be joined. Also, at the end there is not a roar of thunderous applause, just the sound of the assistant applauding.
I felt that the character of the assistant was the most different from the script to the video. In the film, she seemed authoritative and not timid or afraid to voice her opinions. Reading the play, I got the sense that the assistant was very meek and skittish. However, I didn't get that sense watching the video.
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