Harold and Ronald met back in 1952 at the Hammersmith King’ s Theatre during an audition held by the popular theatre manager and actor Donald Wolfit, well known for his Shakespearean productions. Theirs was a lasting friendship which came to an end only when Pinter died. Sir Ronald Harwood was born in South Africa in
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When Harold Pinter surrendered to Claudia
Penelope Lively is a well-established British author whose novel “Moon tiger” won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1987. Born in Egypt in 1933, Penelope lived there until adolescence. Upon her arrival in post-war England, she graduated in History at Oxford University and began writing novels and stories, initially for youngsters, then going on to become
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Harold Pinter and Cricket
“Cricket has been part of my life since the day I was born.” Harold loved saying this again and again. It was not only a joke; his passion for this old game, probably born in Southern England in the early 1300s, started when he was little more than a child. At that time, he used
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