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Add MS 88880/1/65
- Record Id:
- 040-002110614
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002110534
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000453.0x0000d6
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88880/1/65
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Pinter Archive. 'The Room'; 1957. Typewritten. The play was written in four days during Nov. 1956. First staged at The Drama Studio, University of Bristol, May 1957, directed by Henry Woolf and then at Hampstead Theatre, 21 Jan. 1960, directed by Harold Pinter. First published as The Birthday Party, and other plays Methuen (1960). The University of Bristol Theatre Collection holds production slides and prints for the first production (reference BDD/000414). The British Library holds papers relating to the licensing of the play (LCP CORR 1958/969 and LC PLAYS 1958/20). The British Library sound archive holds recordings of interviews with original cast members made in 2007 (reference C1142/86-87).
1. Two scripts originally belonging to Henry Woolf, used as production copies. One has autograph stage directions, the other is incomplete; 1957.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002110534
036-002110535
037-002110536
040-002110614 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88880 : Harold Pinter Archive
Add MS 88880/1-5 : Literary Papers of Harold Pinter. Research materials, notes, revised drafts and completed versions of Pinter's literary…
Add MS 88880/1/1-69 : Add MS 88880/1. Plays by Pinter for stage, screen and radio.Some of Pinter's earliest plays are not present in this…
Add MS 88880/1/65 : Pinter Archive. 'The Room'; 1957. Typewritten. The play was written in four days during Nov. 1956. First staged at The… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002110534[0001]/036-002110535[0001]/037-002110536[0023]/040-002110614
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88880
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1957
- End Date:
- 1957
- Date Range:
- 1957
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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