Their relationship began with the three words, “Must you go?” Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser had barely just met when, on the evening of 8 January 1975, Harold uttered that short phrase which marked the start of a long love story. He was 42 years old, she 44. Both were married. Harold to actress
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Lady Antonia confers prize to Sarah Hanly
Sarah Hanly from Ireland is the winner of the 2019 “Harold Pinter Playwright Award”, the prize given out annually by Harold Pinter’s widow to support upcoming playwrights. Lady Antonia commented: … “I believe that the Pinter Commission is exactly what Harold would have wanted. Because he had experienced the devastating rejection of his early work,
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Happy Birthday Harold!
Jeremy Irons, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Suchet, Tom Hiddleston, Lia Williams, Paapa Essiedu, Gary Kemp, Russell Tovey and many more took part in “Happy Birthday, Harold”, the event which took place on October 10th to celebrate Harold Pinter, who would have been 88, and his unforgettable works. Lady Antonia Fraser also took part in the
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the prestigious PEN Pinter 2018 prize
The award, launched in 2009 in Pinter’s memory which in the past has been conferred to authors such as Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Tom Stoppard, is attributed every year to a writer from England, Ireland or a country belonging to the Commonwealth. As Harold declared is his Nobel acceptance speech, the “award casts an
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Harold Pinter and Philip Roth: the happy Seventies
A few days after the death of Philip Roth, an article by Lady Antonia Fraser appeared on “The Times” remembering the friendship between Harold Pinter and the American novelist, author of works such as “American Pastoral” and “Portnoy’s Complaint”. Pinter’s widow defines this a “magical period” . It was the Seventies and Harold Pinter had
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Lady Antonia confers award to Alistair McDowall
Young British playwright Alistair McDowall won the 2018 edition of the “Harold Pinter Playwright Award”, the prize established by Harold Pinter’s wife to support a new generation of playwrights. Lady Antonia commented: “I believe this award is exactly what Harold would have wanted. Because he had experienced the devastating rejection of his early work, he
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Lady Antonia Fraser
The death of Harold Pinter was announced by Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham on Christmas Day 2008. She did so with a letter to The Guardian. Just a few words, expressing the privilege of having lived with the great English playwright for over 35 years. Better known as Lady Antonia Fraser, due to the surname
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Mr Sands and Mr Pinter at the Keats and Shelley’s House in Rome
I get to the house of Keats and Shelley in Piazza di Spagna and Luca kindly greets us and shows us the way to a tiny staircase and we come to a room where other people are waiting.
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