Harold Pinter Playwright (5 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 11 pages, with UK list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; All Under £15; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Vintage script for the American run of the 1975 British play. A publisher's quiet afternoon at home is repeatedly interrupted by his tenant, his brother, his friends, and his wife, whose disturbances gradually strip away his mild-mannered facade, revealing his cruel nature in the process. Playwright Simon Gray is best remembered for his collaborations with director Harold Pinter, beginning with the 1971 play "Butley." The play made its Broadway debut at the Plymouth Theatre in February of 1977, after running for two years at the Queen's Theatre in London. Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credit for playwright Simon Gray. Title page present, with credit for Gray. 76 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-33. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 British film, showing Anne Bancroft. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Penelope Mortimer, about a woman who suspects her third husband of infidelity, and begins to mentally unravel under deeper examination of the marriage. Winner of four BAFTA Awards, including Best Foreign Actress for Bancroft and Best Screenplay for Harold Pinter. Nominated for the Palme d'Or, and winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes for Bancroft. Shot on location throughout London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.

Five vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 Broadway production. Two photographs with mimeo snipes, four photographs with the stamp of photographer Sam Siegel, and one photograph with the stamp of photographer Michael Boys on the verso. The Caretaker opened at the Lyceum Theatre on October 4, 1961, for a run of 165 performances, closing on February 24, 1962. Harold Pinter's sixth major work and first commercial success, a tragicomedy highly indebted to Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1953). The play premiered at the Arts Theatre Club in London in April of 1960, transferring to the Duchess Theatre a month later, then, after 444 performances, to Broadway in 1961, where it starred Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, and Robert Shaw. Nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Play, Best Actor in a Play for Donald Pleasance, and Best Direction of a Play for Donald McWhinnie. Revived twice on Broadway, in 1986 and 2004. Basis for the 1963 film, directed by Clive Donner, adapted for the screen by Pinter, and with Bates, Pleasance, and Shaw all reprising their roles. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. Rare - Authentic signed card. A magazine photo is pasted to the card. Size : 20x12.5 cm Condition : slightly wrinkled, please see scans. Provenance : Gérard Leman collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.