Add MS 89161/6/37

Correspondence, photographs (Pinter's interview on Late Night Line-Up) and various items by and concerning Harold Pinter in relation to his appearance in Bakewell, The Centre of the Bed (2003).

(1). Correspondence:

• David Hare. Two typed letters signed (18 August and 11 October 1996). The first letter objects to a remark by Bakewell about Hare that is quoted in Michael Billington, The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (1996), p. 287. The second letter thanks Bakewell for her 'courteous letter' (not in the file) and notes that Billington has agreed to remove the remark from future editions (revision carried through).
• Geoffrey Cannon. Two detailed e-mail messages (both 30 December 2002) offering advice about Bakewell's presentation of her Pinter material (and Pinter's stance with regard to including quotations from his work). Bakewell's reply (1 January 2003) is included.
• Henry Woolf. Correspondence preceded by a typed narrative summary by Bakewell entitled 'How It was with Henry Woolf' ( 2 sheets). Correspondence: Woolf to Bakewell (ALS, 1 July 2001); Bakewell to Woolf (faxed, annotated by Bakewell: 'sent to Henry in Canada: 30 Dec. 2002'); Woolf to Bakewell (brief autograph message faxed 31 December 2002); Woolf to Bakewell, 27 January 2003 (3 sheets autograph, faxed, 3rd sheet imperfectly transmitted); Bakewell to Woolf (typed, undated [circa 30 January 2003] but in response to previous fax, requesting clarification about the imperfectly sent third page); Woolf to Bakewell, 30 January 2003 (autograph, faxed); Woolf to Bakewell, 24 September 2003 (autograph, faxed); Bakewell to Woolf (typed, undated [September 2003] fax).
• S. Capon. Printed e-mail message to Bakewell, 10 April 2002. Copied extract from unidentified interview with Pinter regarding Joseph Losey and David Mercer and the revelation of the relationship between Pinter and Bakewell.
• Empty envelope addressed (typed) to Bakewell. Annotated 'By hand' and 'Sept 22.03'.
• Gitte [Brigitte Tretera, former au pair]. Undated Christmas card with message including comment on Pinter.
• Michael Bakewell. Autograph letter (1 sheet) dated 6 January [after reading The Centre of the Bed].

(2). Four black and white photographs (copyright BBC, stamped on versos) of Harold Pinter and Joan Bakewell, taken during the BBC2 Late Night Line-Up interview, conducted 19 August 1969 (broadcast 11 September). Two portraits of Harold Pinter (160 x 215 mm). Portrait of Joan Bakewell (160 x 215 mm). Portrait of Pinter and Bakewell in conversation (135 x 215m), not identical to a similar photograph reproduced in The Centre of the Bed.

(3). Various items by Harold Pinter:

• 'Order'. Newspaper cutting of poem [The Guardian, 1996].
• 'Writer Outraged'. Open letter addressed to the Prime Minister. Newspaper cutting [The Guardian, 1998].
• 'Monologue'. 6 sheets photocopy typescript [1973].
• 'Address to Hull University Congregation by H. Pinter July 11 1986' (typescript, 3 sheets).
• 'Sorry About This' [1999] (typescript, 1 sheet). Short prose composition.
• Two typed poems sent to Bakewell with compliments card attached including autograph message from Pinter, dated 'May 17' [1999]. The poems are: 'They All Rang' and 'Requiem for 1945' (dated 'May 99').
• 'The NATO Action in Serbia'. Speech delivered to the Confederation of Analytical Psychologists, London, 25 June 1999. Printed booklet.
• 'Anniversary of NATO Bombing of Serbia'. Speech given at the Committee for Peace in the Balkans Conference, Conway Hall, London, 10 June 2000. Word-processed document (3 sheets, with compliments card).
• Open letter to the Editor of The Independent newspaper, 2 January 2001. Word processed document (2 sheets, with compliments card). Regarding Pinter's submission ('Tony Blair') for the newspaper's feature 'Heroes and Villains 2000'.
• 'Voices in the Tunnel'. Word processed document (1 sheet), dated August 2001.
• 'Degree Speech - University of Florence - September 10th 2001'. Word-processed document (4 sheets).
• 'Statement made to the Italian Press - 13th September 2001'. Brief statement referring to speech at the University of Florence in the light of 'atrocities in New York and Washington'. Word-processed document (1 sheet).

(4). Other Material:

• Photocopied excerpts from Peter Hall's Diaries (1983). Diary entries for 1975 (pp. 152-5, 160-1), 1978 (pp. 334-5, 382-5, 388-91), and 1979 (pp. 414-5). The selections, which include Bakewell's underlinings, refer to Pinter's new relationship with Antonia Fraser and to Hall's rehearsals for Pinter's Betrayal.
• Photocopied excerpts about Pinter from Peter Hall, Making an Exhibition of Myself (1993). 5 sheets.
• Ariel Dorfman, 'The World That Harold Pinter Unlocked'. Internet content, from the Washington Post, 27 December 2008.
• Newspaper cutting. 'Pinter, Bakewell and the New York socialite'. The Daily Telegraph, 9 January 2010. With typed notes (1 sheet) by Bakewell.