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Add MS 89161/1/57
- Record Id:
- 040-003314636
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003252088
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100032169831.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89161/1/57
- Title:
- Joan Bakewell: Letters received from Harold Pinter (1967-74)
- Scope & Content:
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All letters autograph unless indicated otherwise.
Letters received 1967 (all addressed to Miss J. Kidd, c/o Henry Woolf);
- Identification card ('1967') in the hand of Joan Bakewell.
- (1). 'Wed. Jan 11th'. Aerogramme, franked 11 January 1967, New York.
- (2). 'Sat.20.' Aerogramme, franked 20 January 1967, New York. Letter typed. At the head of the letter, the 'safe' address to which Bakewell should post (see Bakewell, The Centre of the Bed, pp. 204-5).
- (3). 'Feb.3.' Aerogramme, franked 4 February 1967, New York. Typed.
- (4). Undated letter beginning 'Your sad letter read.' Aerogramme, franked 14 February 1967, New York. Typed.
- (5). 'Friday'. Aerogramme, franked 18 February 1967, New York.
- (6). 'Tuesday.21.' Aerogramme, franked 22 February 1967, New York. Typed.
- (7). 'Thursday' [? late February 1967]. No envelope. Autograph letter on Regency Hotel headed paper (1 bifolium). Refers to having two plays on Broadway at the same time. Relates to previous letter: 'Very pleased about the room'.
- (8). 'Tuesday. March 13.' Aerogramme, franked 14 March 1967, New York. Typed.
- (9). 'March 25'. Aerogramme, franked 26 March 1967, New York. Typed.
- (10). 'Wed. 5th'. Aerogramme, franked 5 April 1967, New York. Letter refers to returning to London after holidaying in Jamaica en route (see postcard below).
- (11). 'April 8'. Aerogramme, franked 9 April 1967, New York. Typed. 'The place in Jamaica full. Hoping now for an island called Grenada.'
- (12). 'April 24'. Aerogramme, franked 25 April 1967, New York. 'We're going to Grenada on the 29th. Back in London May 12.'
- (13). Undated postcard [May 1967] from Grenada (franking obscure), from 'Harold & Vivien' to Mr & Mrs M. Bakewell at Chalcot Square.
Subsequent letters (and poems):
- (14). 'Wed.morn.' Typed letter (1 bifolium) on 'Hampshire House' headed paper, with envelope franked 25 September 1968, New York. Letter addressed to Mrs J. White, c/o Edwards at a London address.
- (15). 'Oct. 4', from Hanover Terrace, Regents Park. 1 sheet, with envelope, franked 4 October 1974.
- (16). 'All of that'. Typed poem (carbon). Dated 1970 in Pinter, Collected Poems and Prose.
- (17). Untitled and undated autograph poem (2 stanzas) beginning: 'All that you give me / Helps my departure'. In Pinter's hand, in black ink, on the verso of a much earlier typed poem 'The Error of Alarm' [1956].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003252088
036-003310457
040-003314636 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89161 : Joan Bakewell: Personal, Professional and Literary Papers
Add MS 89161/1 : Joan Bakewell: Personal Papers
Add MS 89161/1/57 : Joan Bakewell: Letters received from Harold Pinter (1967-74) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003252088[0001]/036-003310457[0057]/040-003314636
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89161
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 1967-1974
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Pinter, Harold, playwright, director and actor, 1930-2008,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121415641