The Collection

Summary
Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Harold Pinter’s The Collection.
Theatre play
The Collection by Harold Pinter [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 11 May 1961
Time
9.35-10.35pm
Series
Television Playhouse
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)
Playwright
Harold Pinter
Designer
Fred Pusey
Cast
Anthony BateJames
Peter Danielsextra
Coral Fairweatherextra
Howard GoornayTaxi Driver
Griffith JonesHarry
Vivien MerchantStella
Desmond Newlingextra, and voiceover for captions
John RonaneBill
Jill WilliamsAssistant

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
adultery / infidelity

Print sources

Title
Lightweight but Lively Pinter (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 12 May 1961, p. 19
Title
Television (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Mary Crozier
Reference
The Guardian, 12 May 1961, p. 11
Title
The Collection (Archive file)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
Address

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South Bank
London
SE1 8XT
UK

Email

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Website

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Access

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Reference
Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers, file reference ART/270
Notes
This slim file contains a Programme as Telecast document and contracts.
Title
The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (Book)
Author/creator
Michael Billington (Author)
Reference
London: Faber, 1996
Linking notes
pp. 137 ff.
Title
TV Times, 5 May 1961 (Magazine)
Linking notes
cover image; listing, p. 37; article and image, pp. 14-15

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