Acquisition of Harold Pinter's Playscripts Archive

Acquisition by the British Library of Harold Pinter's playscript archive, comprising of 80 boxes of manuscripts, stage plays, film scenarios, radio plays, poetry and prose works covering Pinter's entire working life, from his first stage play written in 1957 to as yet unproduced film projects. The library will catalogue Pinter's works for the first time, offer permanent research access through its reading rooms.

Region
London
Grant awarded
£214,000
Year awarded
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The archive of Britain’s leading playwright and writer, the 2005 Literature Nobel Laureate, Harold Pinter, has been acquired by the British Library. This pre-eminent archive comprising over one hundred and fifty boxes of manuscripts, scrapbooks, letters, photographs, programmes, and emails offers an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars of Pinter’s work for stage, cinema, and poetry.