The Harold Pinter archive catalogue is being put on-line on Monday 2 February and should be fully visible by Tuesday 3 February. The collection number is Add MS 88880 and you should be able to search using that reference or with keywords (e.g. ‘Pinter’ and ‘Hothouse’).
Once the catalogue is uploaded it will be possible to order items from the collection by emailing mss@bl.uk, specifying which particular volumes you are interested in (bearing in mind the collection is comprised of 504 volumes). A reference for a volume would consist of the collection number followed by a series number and a file number, for example, the reference for the volume containing the final draft of ‘Ashes to Ashes’ is Add MS 88880/1/3 and the reference for the volume of drafts of poems A-G is Add MS 88880/5/1.
The only section of the archive that will not be available for consultation will be the photograph albums as they are currently at the Library’s Centre for Conservation.
Anyone who holds a valid Reader Pass will be able to view items from the collection in the manuscripts reading room at The British Library, St Pancras. Details of how to obtain a pass can be found here. There is one volume in the Pinter archive that has been deemed to be ‘select’ material; this is the file that contains the personal letters of Samuel Beckett, Edward Bond and Joseph Brearley (Add MS 88880/7/2). To gain access to this material you would need to provide a ‘letter of recommendation’ in addition to your reader pass.
I would like to have a valid reader pass. i want to see and read all of his works because i think it was all great works. one week to go, i can't wait.
-peter
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