tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1593680 2009-11-20T17:22:20+00:00 British Library Cataloguer Kate O'Brien blogs on the process of cataloguing the archive of celebrated playwright Harold Pinter. TypePad http://www.bl.uk/images/entrypoint/logo100.gifSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.comAdd to Any Feed ReaderThis is a blog feed from the British Library, about the cataloguing of the Harold Pinter archive. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef012875bd7d30970c 2009-11-20T17:22:20+00:00 2009-11-20T17:22:20+00:00 Zoe Wilcox Peggy did not always get on well with writers’ wives. As Colin Chambers remarks in his biography, Peggy believed that it was the duty of writers’ wives to put their husbands’ talent before their own...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=BOkIOIF0cUw:CXTyA41X6Fk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/BOkIOIF0cUw" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/11/peggy-and-the-wags.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a694b36b970b 2009-11-13T14:28:14+00:00 2009-11-13T14:28:14+00:00 Zoe Wilcox As I work my way through Peggy’s client files I’m realising that the archive brilliantly captures the network of relationships that grew up around Margaret Ramsay Ltd. It’s been really interesting to...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=i6aiZBUJR7g:MLFqRm88-98:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/i6aiZBUJR7g" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/11/a-network-of-writers.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0128757a852b970c 2009-11-11T13:54:53+00:00 2009-11-18T09:07:22+00:00 Zoe Wilcox For a more detailed look at the contents of the archive sign up to my Twitter feed<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=euS3cJWOlnE:ImSiaySnS2M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/euS3cJWOlnE" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/11/follow-peggy-ramsay-on-twitter-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0128757a801f970c 2009-11-11T13:46:04+00:00 2009-11-11T13:46:04+00:00 Zoe Wilcox Listen to David Hare, Simon Callow and Colin Chambers talking about Peggy Ramsay on this National Theatre podcast. I especially like David Hare's recital of a typically forthright letter from Peggy.<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=FhRWAgUSlco:DOLmDMg_pPY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/FhRWAgUSlco" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/11/national-theatre-podcast.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a6a0110a970c 2009-11-02T15:08:39+00:00 2009-11-02T15:08:39+00:00 Zoe Wilcox Organising the archive of a woman who, according to her biographer, was prone to flinging papers in the air in fits of exasperation is not easy. My first task was to survey the archive, listing the...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=OSkZo09l_eY:_8BEyj2yaUc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/OSkZo09l_eY" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/11/a-method-in-the-madness.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5e109e0970b 2009-10-13T17:28:11+01:00 2009-11-02T15:16:37+00:00 Zoe Wilcox The archive reflects writers’ work for television, radio and film as well as the stage. Peggy Ramsay also dealt with stage and screen rights for novelists Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and Jean Rhys....<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=gyw-cQ4ymUk:bdXlaj8RPFI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/gyw-cQ4ymUk" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/10/peggys-clients.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5df836a970b 2009-10-13T10:06:22+01:00 2009-10-13T10:06:22+01:00 Zoe Wilcox The Peggy Ramsay Archive - or rather, the archive of Margaret Ramsay Ltd, play agent – is a unique record of the workings of a post-war theatrical literary agency. Acquired by the British Library in...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=iuT3JxdvbC8:CyO_u1fHzqY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/iuT3JxdvbC8" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/10/an-introduction-to-the-peggy-ramsay-archive.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a6032729970c 2009-09-30T10:43:06+01:00 2009-09-30T17:48:10+01:00 Jamie Andrews A few weeks ago the Theatre Archive Project’s latest event, a Night with the Impresarios, took place in front of a full-house at the British Library’s Conference Centre. The evening featured...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=23SH5JdQtqo:rvDLml4xpkU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/23SH5JdQtqo" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/09/a-night-with-the-impresarios.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a573a6ca970b 2009-09-16T09:53:16+01:00 2009-09-16T09:53:16+01:00 Jamie Andrews Following my post a few weeks ago on the early John Osborne plays I edited, both staged before Look Back in Anger, Chris Duff – the son of producer Patrick Desmond who put both of the Osborne plays...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=bB9kGgHZZ_E:fpmN1U7fsKU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/bB9kGgHZZ_E" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/09/john-osborne-silly-young-man.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef011571e55926970b 2009-07-09T13:37:55+01:00 2009-07-09T13:37:55+01:00 Jamie Andrews I’m just back from collecting the archive of the writer and critic John Berger. John generously donated his archive to the British Library’s collections, but on the (entirely reasonable, and...<br/> <br/> (From the Harold Pinter Archive blog: Cataloguing the legacy of the great playwright)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?i=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?a=Jl5OPOY_quM:eolBpAt4jw0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PinterArchiveBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinterArchiveBlog/~4/Jl5OPOY_quM" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pinter_archive_blog/2009/07/east-london-united.html