PURSUING PINTER
Keywords:
adaptations, British library, Harold Pinter, Harold Pinter Archive, Harold Pinter society, Susan Hollis Merritt, films, King Lear, The Pinter Review, Pinter scholarship, plays, screenplays, Sleuth (1972 play by Anthony Shaffer), Sleuth (2007 film based on screenplay by Harold Pinter)Abstract
Susan Hollis Merritt, the author of Pinter in Play: Critical Strategies and the Plays of Harold Pinter and Bibliographical Editor of The Pinter Review, defines contexts of her academic scholarship “Pursuing Pinter,” which began after she first experienced the New York premières of The Homecoming and The Birthday Party in 1967-1968. She relates details of her subsequent meetings with Harold Pinter pertaining to his Archive in the British Library; to these archival holdings; to some of her later theatrical experiences of his stage and film work as a playwright, a screenwriter, and an actor; and to her own and other scholars’ publications.
References
1. Baker, William, and John C. Ross, Comps. Harold Pinter: A Bibliographical History. London: British Library; Newcastle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2005. Print.
2. “The British Library Receives the Archive of Harold Pinter.” Press release. London: The British library, Press and Public relations, 13 Sept. 1993. Print.
3. Burkman, Katherine H. The Dramatic World of Harold Pinter: Its Basis in Ritual. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1971. Print.
4. Donegan, Lawrence. “Pinter Papers for the British library.” Manchester Guardian 14 Sept. 1993, Home: 3. Print. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Web. 15 Sept. 1993.
5. Fleming, Michael. “Al Pacino to Star in ‘King Lear’: Michael Radford to Direct Film.” Variety. Reed Business Information, 3 Feb. 2009. Web. <http://www.variety.com/article/vr1117999542.html>.
6. Gabbard, Lucina P. The Dream Structure of Pinter’s Plays: A Psychoanalytic Approach. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1976. Print.
7. Gale, Steven H. Butter’s Going Up: A Critical Analysis of Harold Pinter’s Work . Durham: Duke UP, 1977. Print.
8. —. Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter’s Screenplays and the Artistic Process. Lexington, KY: The UP of Kentucky, 2003. Print.
9. Gordon, Lois G. Stratagems to Uncover Nakedness: The Dramas of Harold Pinter. Missouri Literary Frontiers Series, No. 6. Columbia, MO: U of Missouri P, 1969. Print.
10. “The Harold Pinter Archive.” Add MS 88880. Additional Manuscripts Collection. Manuscripts Catalogue. British Lib., London. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. Merritt, “Pursuing Pinter” 26 <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/manuscripts/HiTs0001.AsP?vPath=arevhtml/78575.htm&search=’Harold+Pinter’&Highlight=T>.
11. Hudson, Ann. Message to the Author. 26 Feb. 2007. E-mail.
12. Ilan, Dilek. “Public Consciousness Beyond Theatrical Space: Harold Pinter Interrogates Borders and Boundaries.” Nebula 2.2 (june 2005): 33-57. nobleworld.biz, June 2005. Web. 7 Apr. 2007. <http://www.nobleworld.biz/images/inan.pdf>.
13. Krapp’s Last Tape. Dir. Ian Rickson. With Harold Pinter (Krapp). Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London. 12 Oct.–24 Oct. 2006. Royal Court Theatre, Oct. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. <http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/productions_play_detail.asp?PlayiD=455>.
14. Loan No. 110a/1-74: Harold Pinter Archive.” Manuscripts Catalogue. British Library, 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. (“The manuscripts formerly held as Loan 110 A were purchased by the British Library with additional material in 2007 and are now part of the Harold Pinter Archive, which is numbered Add MS 88880.”)
15. Mengel, Ewald. Harold Pinters Dramen im Spiegel der soziologischen Rollentheorie [Harold Pinter’s Plays in the Light of Sociological Role Theory]. Ph.D. diss., U of Freiburg, W. Ger., 1977. Neu Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, ed. Willi Erzgräber und Paul Goetsch, vol. 11. Frankfurt am Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Peter Lang, 1978.
16. Merritt, Susan Hollis. “The Harold Pinter Archive in the British library.” The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1994. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P,
17. 1994. 14-53. Print.
18. —. Pinter in Play: Critical Strategies and the Plays of Harold Pinter. 1990. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1995. Print.
19. —. “Stalking Harold Pinter.” Worcester Sunday Telegram 4 Apr. 1982, sec. F: 3, 14. Print.
20. Pinter, Harold. The Essential Pinter: Selections from the Work of Harold Pinter. New York: Grove P, 2006. Print.
21. —. Letters to the author. 1994. 20 July 2000. ms.
22. —. Personal interviews. 14 and 20 July 1994.
23. “Planned Keira Knightley version of King Lear Cancelled.” Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group Limited, 26 Feb. 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. <http:// www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4807598/Planned-Keira-Knightley-version-of-King-lear-cancelled.html>.
24. Quigley, Austin E. The Pinter Problem. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1975. Print.
25. Rose, Charlie. “An Appreciation of Harold Pinter.” The Charlie Rose Show. Public Broadcasting Service. WNET, New York, 2 Jan. 2009. Television. The Charlie Rose Show. Web. 14 Mar. 2009 <http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9889>. (Rebroadcast of the interview with Pinter originally broadcast on 1 mar. 2007; “In memoriam”; 52 mins., 52 secs.)
26. Sakellaridou, Elizabeth. Pinter’s Female Portraits: A Study of Female Characters in the Plays of Harold Pinter. London: Macmillan; Totowa, NJ: Barnes, 1988.
27. “Working With Pinter” Dir. Harry Burton. First televised on More 4. Channel 4 (UK), 26 Feb. 2007. Repeated 9 mar. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Television and DVD.
2. “The British Library Receives the Archive of Harold Pinter.” Press release. London: The British library, Press and Public relations, 13 Sept. 1993. Print.
3. Burkman, Katherine H. The Dramatic World of Harold Pinter: Its Basis in Ritual. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1971. Print.
4. Donegan, Lawrence. “Pinter Papers for the British library.” Manchester Guardian 14 Sept. 1993, Home: 3. Print. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Web. 15 Sept. 1993.
5. Fleming, Michael. “Al Pacino to Star in ‘King Lear’: Michael Radford to Direct Film.” Variety. Reed Business Information, 3 Feb. 2009. Web. <http://www.variety.com/article/vr1117999542.html>.
6. Gabbard, Lucina P. The Dream Structure of Pinter’s Plays: A Psychoanalytic Approach. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1976. Print.
7. Gale, Steven H. Butter’s Going Up: A Critical Analysis of Harold Pinter’s Work . Durham: Duke UP, 1977. Print.
8. —. Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter’s Screenplays and the Artistic Process. Lexington, KY: The UP of Kentucky, 2003. Print.
9. Gordon, Lois G. Stratagems to Uncover Nakedness: The Dramas of Harold Pinter. Missouri Literary Frontiers Series, No. 6. Columbia, MO: U of Missouri P, 1969. Print.
10. “The Harold Pinter Archive.” Add MS 88880. Additional Manuscripts Collection. Manuscripts Catalogue. British Lib., London. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. Merritt, “Pursuing Pinter” 26 <http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/manuscripts/HiTs0001.AsP?vPath=arevhtml/78575.htm&search=’Harold+Pinter’&Highlight=T>.
11. Hudson, Ann. Message to the Author. 26 Feb. 2007. E-mail.
12. Ilan, Dilek. “Public Consciousness Beyond Theatrical Space: Harold Pinter Interrogates Borders and Boundaries.” Nebula 2.2 (june 2005): 33-57. nobleworld.biz, June 2005. Web. 7 Apr. 2007. <http://www.nobleworld.biz/images/inan.pdf>.
13. Krapp’s Last Tape. Dir. Ian Rickson. With Harold Pinter (Krapp). Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London. 12 Oct.–24 Oct. 2006. Royal Court Theatre, Oct. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. <http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/productions_play_detail.asp?PlayiD=455>.
14. Loan No. 110a/1-74: Harold Pinter Archive.” Manuscripts Catalogue. British Library, 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. (“The manuscripts formerly held as Loan 110 A were purchased by the British Library with additional material in 2007 and are now part of the Harold Pinter Archive, which is numbered Add MS 88880.”)
15. Mengel, Ewald. Harold Pinters Dramen im Spiegel der soziologischen Rollentheorie [Harold Pinter’s Plays in the Light of Sociological Role Theory]. Ph.D. diss., U of Freiburg, W. Ger., 1977. Neu Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, ed. Willi Erzgräber und Paul Goetsch, vol. 11. Frankfurt am Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Las Vegas: Peter Lang, 1978.
16. Merritt, Susan Hollis. “The Harold Pinter Archive in the British library.” The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1994. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P,
17. 1994. 14-53. Print.
18. —. Pinter in Play: Critical Strategies and the Plays of Harold Pinter. 1990. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1995. Print.
19. —. “Stalking Harold Pinter.” Worcester Sunday Telegram 4 Apr. 1982, sec. F: 3, 14. Print.
20. Pinter, Harold. The Essential Pinter: Selections from the Work of Harold Pinter. New York: Grove P, 2006. Print.
21. —. Letters to the author. 1994. 20 July 2000. ms.
22. —. Personal interviews. 14 and 20 July 1994.
23. “Planned Keira Knightley version of King Lear Cancelled.” Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group Limited, 26 Feb. 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2009. <http:// www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4807598/Planned-Keira-Knightley-version-of-King-lear-cancelled.html>.
24. Quigley, Austin E. The Pinter Problem. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1975. Print.
25. Rose, Charlie. “An Appreciation of Harold Pinter.” The Charlie Rose Show. Public Broadcasting Service. WNET, New York, 2 Jan. 2009. Television. The Charlie Rose Show. Web. 14 Mar. 2009 <http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9889>. (Rebroadcast of the interview with Pinter originally broadcast on 1 mar. 2007; “In memoriam”; 52 mins., 52 secs.)
26. Sakellaridou, Elizabeth. Pinter’s Female Portraits: A Study of Female Characters in the Plays of Harold Pinter. London: Macmillan; Totowa, NJ: Barnes, 1988.
27. “Working With Pinter” Dir. Harry Burton. First televised on More 4. Channel 4 (UK), 26 Feb. 2007. Repeated 9 mar. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Television and DVD.
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06-28-2009
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Hollis Merritt, S. (2009). PURSUING PINTER. Nasleđe, 6(12), 151–170. Retrieved from http://nasledje.kg.ac.rs/index.php/nasledje/article/view/185
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