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Death of Heath Ledger

Main article: Heath Ledger

Ledger at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival

The Death of Heath Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008), an Academy Award-nominated Australian television and film actor, occurred at the age of 28, from an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs." The investigation into the circumstances of his death occurred amid extended speculation and concerns expressed internationally throughout the news media and among his family, friends, and fans. His untimely death has had ongoing consequences for his work then in progress or not yet released and on the disposition of his estate. On 23 December 2008, eleven months after it occurred, the Associated Press announced that Ledger's death was "voted 2008's top entertainment story by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors surveyed by The Associated Press."

Background

At about 2:45 p.m. (EST), on 22 January 2008, Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and his masseuse, Diana Wolozin, in his fourth-floor loft apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.

According to the police, Wolozin, who had arrived early for a 3:00 p.m. appointment with Ledger, called Ledger's friend, actress Mary-Kate Olsen, for help. Olsen, who was in California, directed a New York City private security guard to go to the scene. At 3:26 p.m., "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed and only a few moments" after first calling Olsen and then calling her a second time to express her fears that Ledger was dead, Wolozin telephoned 9-1-1 "to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing." At the urging of the 9-1-1 operator, Wolozin administered CPR, which was unsuccessful in reviving him.

Emergency medical technicians (EMT) arrived seven minutes later, at 3:33 p.m. ("at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen"), but were also unable to revive him. At 3:36 p.m., Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment.

Memorial tributes and services

Memorial for Heath Ledger, outside 421 Broome Street, SoHo, Manhattan, 23 January 2008

As the news of Ledger's death became public, throughout the night of 22 January 2008, and the next day, media crews, mourners, fans, and other onlookers began gathering outside his apartment building, with some leaving flowers or other memorial tributes.

On 23 January 2008, at 10:50 a.m., Australian time, Ledger's parents and sister appeared outside his mother's house in Applecross, a riverside suburb of Perth, and read a short statement to the media expressing their grief and desire for privacy. Within the next few days, memorial tributes were communicated by family members, Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, Deputy Premier of Western Australia Eric Ripper, Warner Bros. (distributor of The Dark Knight), and thousands of Ledger's fans around the world.

Several actors made statements expressing their sorrow at Ledger's death, including Daniel Day-Lewis, who dedicated his Screen Actors Guild Award to Ledger, saying that he was inspired by Ledger's acting; Day-Lewis praised Ledger's performances in Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain, describing the latter as "unique, perfect."

On 1 February 2008, in her first public statement after Ledger's death, Michelle Williams expressed her heartbreak and described Ledger's spirit as surviving in their daughter.

After attending private memorial ceremonies in Los Angeles, Ledger's family members returned with his body to Perth.

On 9 February 2008, a memorial service attended by several hundred invited guests was held at Penrhos College, garnering considerable press attention; afterward Ledger's body was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery, followed by a private service attended by only 10 closest family members, with his ashes to be interred later in a family plot at Karrakatta Cemetery, next to two of his grandparents. Later that night, his family and friends gathered for a wake on Cottesloe Beach.

Autopsy and toxicological analysis

After two weeks of intense media speculation about possible causes of Ledger's death, on 6 February 2008, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York released its conclusions, based on an initial autopsy of 23 January 2008, and a subsequent complete toxicological analysis. The report concludes, in part, "Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine." It also states definitively: "We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications." The medications found in the toxicological analysis are commonly prescribed in the United States for insomnia, anxiety, depression, pain, and/or cold symptoms. Although the Associated Press and other media reported that "police estimate Ledger's time of death between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m." (on 22 January 2008), the Medical Examiner's Office announced that it would not be publicly disclosing the official estimated time of death. The official announcement of the cause and manner of Ledger's death heightened concerns about the growing problems of prescription drug abuse or misuse and Combined Drug Intoxication (CDI).

Federal investigation

Late in February 2008, a DEA investigation of medical professionals relating to Ledger's death exonerated two American physicians, who practice in Los Angeles and Houston, of any wrongdoing, determining that "the doctors in question had prescribed Ledger other medications – not the pills that killed him."

On 4 August 2008, citing unnamed sources, Murray Weiss, of the New York Post, first reported that Mary-Kate Olsen had "refused [through her attorney, Michael C. Miller] to be interviewed by federal investigators probing the accidental drug death of her close friend Heath Ledger ... [without] ... immunity from prosecution," and that, when asked about the matter, Miller at first declined further comment. Later that day, after the police confirmed the gist of Weiss's account to the Associated Press, Miller issued a statement denying that Olsen supplied Ledger with the drugs causing his death and asserting that she did not know their source." In his statement, Miller said specifically: "Despite tabloid speculation, Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them," emphasizing that media "descriptions [attributed to an unidentified source] are incomplete and inaccurate."

After a flurry of further media speculation, on 6 August 2008, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan closed its investigation into Ledger's death without filing any charges and rendering moot its subpoena of Olsen. With the clearing of the two doctors and Olsen, and the closing of the investigation because the prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office "don't believe there's a viable target," it is still not known how Ledger obtained the oxycodone and hydrocodone in the lethal drug combination that killed him.

On 23 December 2008, eleven months after Ledger's death, Jake Coyle, writing for the Associated Press, announced that "Heath Ledger's death was voted 2008's top entertainment story by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors surveyed by The Associated Press," as it resulted in: "shock and confusion" about "the circumstances"; the ruling of the death an accident caused by "a toxic combination of prescription drugs"; and the continuation of "his legacy in [his] roundly acclaimed performance as the Joker in the year's biggest box office hit 'The Dark Knight.' "

Controversy over will

After Ledger's death, in response to some press reports about his will, filed in New York City on 28 February 2008, and his daughter's access to his financial legacy, his father, Kim Ledger, said that he considered the financial well-being of his granddaughter Matilda Rose the Ledger family's "absolute priority" and her mother, Michelle Williams, "an integral part of our family," adding "They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be." Some of Ledger's relatives may be challenging the legal status of his will signed in 2003, prior to his involvement with Williams and the birth of their daughter and not updated to include them, which divides half of his estate between his parents and half among his siblings; they claim that there is a second, unsigned will, which leaves most of that estate to Matilda Rose. Williams' father, Larry Williams, has also joined the controversy about Ledger's will as it was filed in New York City soon after his death.

On 31 March 2008, stimulating another controversy pertaining to Ledger's estate, Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans published an "Exclusive" report, in The Daily Telegraph, citing Ledger's uncle Haydn Ledger and other family members, who "believe the late actor may have fathered a secret love child" when he was 17, and stating that "If it is confirmed that Ledger is the girl's biological father, it could split his multi-million dollar estate between ... Matilda Rose ... and his secret love child." A few days later, reports citing telephone interviews with Ledger's uncles Haydn and Mike Ledger and the family of the other little girl, published in OK! and Us Weekly, "denied" those "claims", with Ledger's uncles and the little girl's mother and stepfather describing them as unfounded "rumors" distorted and exaggerated by the media.

On 15 July 2008, Fife-Yeomans reported further, via Australian News Limited, that "While Ledger left everything to his parents and three sisters, it is understood they have legal advice that under WA law, Matilda Rose is entitled to the lion's share" of his estate; its executors, Kim Ledger's former business colleague Robert John Collins and Geraldton accountant William Mark Dyson, "have applied for probate in the West Australian Supreme Court in Perth, advertising "for 'creditors and other persons' having claims on the estate to lodge them by 11 August 2008 ... to ensure all debts are paid before the estate is distributed...." According to this report by Fife-Yeomans, earlier reports citing Ledger's uncles, and subsequent reports citing Ledger's father, which do not include his actual posthumous earnings, "his entire fortune, mostly held in Australian trusts, is likely to be worth up to [A]$20 million."

On 27 September 2008, Ledger's father Kim stated that "the family has agreed to leave the [US]$16.3 million fortune to Matilda," adding: "There is no claim. Our family has gifted everything to Matilda." In October 2008, Forbes.com estimated Ledger's annual earnings from October 2007 through October 2008 –– including his posthumous share of The Dark Knight 's gross income of "[US]$991 million in box office revenue worldwide" –– as "[US]$20 million."

See also

• Heath Ledger#Posthumous films

Additional resources

Main article: Heath Ledger § Additional resources

External links

Main article: Heath Ledger § External links

[[Bibliography for Harold Pinter

Main article: Harold Pinter

Bibliography for Harold Pinter is a list of selected published primary works, productions, secondary sources, and other resources related to English playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008), the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, who was also a screenwriter, actor, director, poet, author, and political activist. It lists works by and works about him, and it serves as the Bibliography ("Works cited") for the main article on Harold Pinter and for articles relating to him and his works.

Bibliographical resources

• Baker, William, and John C. Ross, comp. Harold Pinter: A Bibliographical History. London: The British Library and New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll P, 2005. ISBN 1584561564 (10). ISBN 9781584561569 (13). Print. ("Oak Knoll Press Bestsellers", Template:PDFlink. Oak Knoll Press, 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.)
• "Biobibliographical Notes" and "Bibliography" for "Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize in Literature 2005". In "Bio-bibliography". By The Swedish Academy. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005. nobelprize.org. The Swedish Academy and The Nobel Foundation, Oct. 2005. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (English HTML version; additional PDF versions accessible in English, French, German, and Swedish via hyperlinks.)
• "Links: Libraries and Academia" and "Publications": "Works By" and "Works About" Pinter. haroldpinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.
• Merritt, Susan Hollis, comp. "Harold Pinter Bibliography" Webpage pertaining to the "Harold Pinter Bibliography" published in The Pinter Review: Collected Essays. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1987– . SusanHollisMerritt.org. Susan Hollis Merritt, 1987-2009. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.
• The Pinter Review. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1987– ). Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 3 Jan. 2009. (Table of contents of past issues, retyped on index Webpage; occasional typographical variations.)

The Harold Pinter Archive in the British Library

Main article: The Harold Pinter Archive in the British Library

• British Library (BL). "LOAN NO. 110 A/1-74: HAROLD PINTER ARCHIVE". British Library Manuscripts (Loan) Catalogue. The British Library, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2009. (Periodically updated.) [Acquisition of over 150 boxes has been catalogued but this pre-acquisition online list of "Loan No. 110 A" has not yet been converted to the new catalogue content online; although its title lists "1-74" (boxes), it covers 80 boxes and does not yet include the catalogue for the entire 150 boxes.]
• –––. "Pinter Archive Saved for the Nation: British Library Acquires Extensive Collection of UK's Greatest Living Playwright". The British Library: The World's Knowledge. British Library, 11 Dec. 2007. Web. 11 Dec. 2007. (British Library press release.)
• Brown, Mark. "British Library's ₤1.1m Saves Pinter's Papers for Nation". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 12 Dec. 2007. Web. 11 Dec. 2007.
• Gale, Steven H., and Christopher Hudgins. "The Harold Pinter Archives II: A Description of the Filmscript Materials in the Archive in the British Library". The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1995 and 1996. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1997. 101-42. Print. (Follows up article by Merritt listed below; does not include an updated version of Merritt's "Appendix"; focuses on manuscript materials relating to Pinter's screenplays.)
• Howard, Jennifer. "British Library Acquires Pinter Papers". Chronicle of Higher Education, News Blog. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc., 12 Dec. 2007. Web. 16 Dec. 2007.
• Merritt, Susan Hollis. "The Harold Pinter Archive in the British Library". The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1994. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1994. 14-53. Print. (The first article describing in detail the contents of this archive; includes "APPENDIX: LIST OF BOXES PRESENTLY IN THE ARCHIVE: Loan 110/1-[64]: Harold Pinter Archive", which provides, with emendations and corrections, the original BL "finding list" through Box 64; in 1994 the "finding list" covered only through Box 61; adds Boxes 62, 63, & 64, all pertaining to Pinter's screenplay adapting The Handmaid's Tale (a novel by Margaret Atwood) for the 1990 film The Handmaid's Tale. See British Library, "LOAN NO. 110 A/1-74: HAROLD PINTER ARCHIVE" and the follow-up article by Gale and Hudgins, both listed above.)
• O'Brien, Kate (BL Cataloguer). "When Do We Get to See the Stuff?!". Harold Pinter Archive Blog: British Library Curators on Cataloguing the Pinter Archive. British Library, 29 Sept. 2008. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.

Works

Main article: Works of Harold Pinter

• Art, Truth and Politics: The Nobel Lecture. Presented on video in Stockholm, Sweden. 7 Dec. 2005. Nobel Foundation and Swedish Academy. Published as "The Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Foundation, 8 Dec. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (RealPlayer streaming audio and video as well as text available). London: Faber and Faber, 2006. ISBN 0571233961 (10). ISBN 9780571233960 (13). Rpt. also in The Essential Pinter. New York: Grove P, 2006. (Listed below.) Rpt. in Not One More Death. London: Stop the War Coalition, 2006. Web. Rpt. in PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association 121 (2006): 811–18.
• "Campaigning Against Torture: Arthur Miller's Socks" (1985). ("Written as a tribute to Arthur Miller, on the occasion of his 80th birthday".) HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 3 July 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 56-57.
• Death etc. New York: Grove P, 2005. ISBN 0802142257 (10). ISBN 9780802142252 (13). Print.
• The Dwarfs. New York: Grove P, 2006. ISBN 0-8021-3266-9. ISBN 9780802132666 (13). Print.
• The Essential Pinter: Selections from the Work of Harold Pinter. New York: Grove P, 2006. ISBN 0802142699 (10). ISBN 9780802142696 (13). Print. [Inc. "Art, Truth and Politics", Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture.]
• Four Plays: The Birthday Party; No Man's Land; Mountain Language; Celebration. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. ISBN 0571232272 (10). ISBN 9780571232277 (13). Print. (A "celebratory collection" of hardcover reprinted editions in a box set published in 2005 "to mark [Pinter's] Nobel Prize for Literature 2005".)
• Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics 1948-2005. Rev. ed. 1998. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. ISBN 0571230091 (10). ISBN 9780571230099 (13). Print.
• "Voices: Text by Harold Pinter and Music by James Clarke". Through the Night. BBC Radio 3, Speech and Drama, 10 Oct. 2005, 9:30-10:15 p.m. (LT). Web. 10 Oct. 2005 [live]. [Repeated on 30 Dec. 2006.] (RealPlayer audio no longer accessible.) "BBC Press Office: Programme Information Network Radio Week 1". BBC Press Office. BBC, 10 Oct. 2005. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.
• War. London: Faber and Faber, 2003. ISBN 0571221319 (10). ISBN 9780571221318 (13). Print. (Book revs. by Gardner and Brown.)

Additional essays and speeches

• "The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group, 11 Dec. 2002. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. [A version of "Harold Pinter's Speech at Turin University" (see below).]
• "Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Degree Speech April 18th 2000". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]]. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "Blowing Up the Media: Index on Censorship, May 1992". Print. Rpt. in Various Voices 201–5. Print.
• "Caribbean Cold War". Red Pepper May 1996. Redpepper.org. Red Pepper magazine, May 1996. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. (Rpt. in Guardian 4 Dec. 1996. Also rpt. in Pinter, Various Voices 209–12. Print.)
• "Degree Speech to the University of Florence 10th September 2001". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2002. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. as "University of Florence Speech: On the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Degree, 10 September 2001". Rpt. in Various Voices (Faber rev. ed., 2005) 238–40.
• "Eroding the Language of Freedom: Sanity, March 1989". Rpt. in HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 188–89. Print.
• Foreword. Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis. Ed. Philip Hammond and Edward S. Herman. London: Pluto Press, 2000. ISBN 074531631X. Print.
• "The Gulf War and the Continuing Bombing of Iraq". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Includes hyperlinked essays and speeches. See ""House of Commons Speech: 15 October 2002" below.)
• "Harold Pinter's Speech at Turin University". Stopwar.org.uk. Stop the War Coalition, 27 Nov. 2002. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. as "University of Turin Speech: On the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Degree 27 November 2002." Rpt. in Various Voices 241–43. Also rpt. in War [7–9; n. pag.]. Print. (Another version was published as "The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal" [without internal quotation marks]; see above.)
• "House of Commons Speech – 15 October 2002". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2002. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Death etc. 71–73. Print.
• "House of Commons Speech - Tuesday 21st January 2003". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2003. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 244. Print.
• "Introduction by Harold Pinter, Nobel Laureate". 7–9 in 'Fortune's Fool': The Man Who Taught Harold Pinter: A Life of Joe Brearley. Ed. G. L. Watkins. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Eng., UK: TwigBooks in association with The Clove Club, 2008. ISBN 9780954723682. Print.
• "Iraq Debate: Imperial War Museum, 23 September 2004". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2004. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 24–46. Print.
• "It Never Happened". Z Magazine. Z Communications, Feb. 1997. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 214-17. Print.
• "Oh, Superman: Broadcast for Opinion, Channel 4, 31 May 1990". Rpt. in Various Voices 190–200. Excerpt qtd. in "Politics" section of haroldpinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "An Open Letter to the Prime Minister: Guardian 17 February 1998". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Various Voices 235–37. Print.
• "Speech at Hyde Park (F)ebruary 15th 2003". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "The US and El Salvador: Observer, 28 March 1993". Rpt. in Various Voices 206–208. Print.
• "The US Elephant Must Be Stopped". Guardian, 5 December 1987". Rpt. in Various Voices 185–87. Print.
• "The War Against Reason". Red Pepper Dec. 2002. Rpt. in ZNet. Z Communications, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.
• "Why George Bush Is Insane" (2002). Rpt. in ZNet. Z Communications, 30 Mar. 2007. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. (Another published version of the University of Turin Speech (27 Nov. 2002), listed above and rpt. in Various Voices 241-43. Print.)
• "Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry: Acceptance Speech, 18 March 2005". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Rpt. in Death etc. 1–2; Various Voices 247–48. Print.

Letters, petitions, and statements

• Template:PDF. Stopwar.org. Stop the War Coalition, 7 Aug. 2007. Web. 5 Oct. 2007.
• "Letter from Pinter, Saramago, Chomsky and Berger" (19 July 2006). Published in "Palestinian Nation Under Threat", The Independent 21 July 2006, and in other newspapers. Rpt. in "Opinion: Scoop Feedback", scoop.co.nz. Scoop, 25 July 2006, 3:22 p.m. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. Rpt. also as "A Letter from Chomsky and Others on the Recent Events in the Middle East (July 19, 2006)", chomsky.info. Noam Chomsky, 27 July 2006. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. (Signed first by John Berger, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, and José Saramago; "later endorsed" by Tariq Ali, et al.) (See "Palestinian Nation Under Threat"; and Chomsky, "Comments on Dershowitz" and "Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine"; all listed below in "Other secondary sources".)
• "Playwrights in Apartheid Protest". The Times 26 June 1963: 12. Print.

Poems

• "Death May Be Ageing" (Apr. 2005). Rpt. in Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics 1948–2005 (2005 ed.) 180. Print. Also rpt. in "Poetry by Harold Pinter" in Another America (listed below).
• "Harold Pinter (b. 1930)". Poetryarchive.org. The Poetry Archive, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Biography, critical account, and streaming audio of a special recording of Pinter reading four of his poems: "Cancer Cells", "It is Here", "Later", and "Episode"; recorded 16 Dec. 2002, The Audio Workshop, London; prod. Richard Carrington.
• "Harold Pinter's Poetry". HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]]. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Includes "Harold Pinter's Most Recent Poetry", periodically updated).
• "Harold Pinter's War", by M. C. Gardner. Another America. Donald Freed, May 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Includes texts and related review of War; see "Poetry by Harold Pinter", in Another America, listed below.)
• "Laughter." In "Review: Laughter: The Saturday Poem: By Harold Pinter." The Guardian 25 Nov. 2006, Guardian Review Pages: 23. Print.
• "Literature of the Gaieties". haroldpinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]]. Web. 1 Nov. 2007.
• "Poetry by Harold Pinter". Another America. Donald Freed, May 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Published with permission of Harold Pinter.)
• Sections of various printed collections such as Death etc., The Essential Pinter, The Pinter Review, Various Voices, and War. Print.
• "The Special Relationship" (Aug. 2004). Featured link. Home page of haroldpinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2004. Web. 31 Oct. 2007.
• "The 'special relationship' ". The Guardian 9 Sept. 2004, G2: 4. Print.
• "The Watcher". The Guardian 9 Apr. 2007: 3. Print.

Interviews

• Batty, Mark. "Pinter Views: Pinter on Pinter". 79–153, chap. 8 in Batty, About Pinter. Print.
• Bensky, Lawrence M. "The Art of Theatre No. 3: Harold Pinter". Paris Rev. 10.39 [Issue no. 39] (Fall 1966): 12–37. Print. Excerpt from archived contents of journal; hyperlinked Template:PDFlink. The Paris Review. The Paris Review Foundation, Inc., 2004. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (A frequently-cited source of Pinter's early views.)
• Billington, Michael. " 'I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?' " Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 17 Mar. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Transcript.)
• –––, comp. " 'They said you've a call from the Nobel committee. I said, why?': Harold Pinter in His Own Words". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 14 Oct. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Johnson, B. S. "Evacuees" (1968). The Pinter Review: Annual Essays 1994. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 1994. 8-13. Print.
• Koval, Ramona. "Harold Pinter". Books and Writing with Ramona Koval. ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 15 Sept. 2002. Conducted at Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 2002. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Radio. Transcript.
• –––. "Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright and Poet, at Edinburgh International Book Festival (transcript available)". Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 Aug. 2006. The Book Show. ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 Sept. 2006. Web. 26 Sept. 2006. Radio. Transcript. (Downloadable MP3 audio file and printable transcript; audio file inc. Pinter's dramatic reading of a scene from his play The Birthday Party.)
• Lawson, Mark. "Pinter 'to give up writing plays' ". Inc. "Pinter on Front Row". Broadcast on BBC Radio 4. BBC News, 28 Feb. 2005 (last updated). Web. 11 Nov. 2006 & 2 Oct. 2007. Radio. RealPlayer audio.
• Lyall, Sarah. "Still Pinteresque". New York Times 7 Oct. 2007, sec. 2 ("Arts & Leisure"): 1, 16; illus. Print. New York Times, Movies. New York Times, 7 Oct. 2007. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Feature article which previews Sleuth; includes film trailer.)
• Riddell, Mary. "The New Statesman Interview: Harold Pinter". New Statesman. New Statesman, 8 Nov. 1999. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Includes audio clip.)
• Rose, Charlie. "A Conversation with Harold Pinter". Charlie Rose. PBS. WNET, New York, 19 July 2001. Television. (First broadcast on 19 July 2001 from 11:00 p.m. EST to 12:00 a.m. EST; also broadcast on PBS affiliate channels at various scheduled times. 58 mins.) Video clip (57 mins., 47 secs.). Google Video. Google, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2007 & 3 Jan. 2009.
• –––. "A Conversation with Harold Pinter". Charlie Rose. PBS. WNET, New York, 1 Mar. 2007. Web. 1 Mar. 2007. Television. (First broadcast on 1 Mar. 2007 from 11:00 p.m. ET to 12:00 a.m. ET; also broadcast on PBS affiliate channels at various scheduled times. PBS. WXXI-TV, Rochester, New York, 1 Mar. 2007. Broadcast from 11:00 p.m. ET to 12:00 a.m. ET. 52 mins., 21 secs. Full-length streaming video accessible directly from the show's Website.)
• Wark, Kirsty. "Harold Pinter on Newsnight Review". BBC News. BBC, 23 June 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. ("Kirsty Wark Introduces Her Interview with Harold Pinter, Which Aired on Newsnight Review, Friday 23 June, at 11pm on BBC TWO." [See below.])
• –––. "Interviews: Nobel Prize Winning Playwright Harold Pinter Talks to Kirsty Wark". Newsnight Review. BBC Two, London, 23 June 2006. Television. BBC News. BBC, 25 June 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. RealPlayer streaming video. [See above.]

Stage productions

• Krapp's Last Tape. Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London. 12 Oct.–24 Oct. 2006. Royal Court Theatre, Oct. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
• "The Birthday Party: 8–24 May 2008". Lyric.co.uk. Lyric Hammersmith Official Website. 26 Sept. 2008.
• "The Birthday Party – Premiere". ("First presented by Michael Codron and David Hall at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge 28 April 1958, and subsequently at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith.") haroldpinter.org 3 Oct. 2007. (Production details and excerpts from related reviews by Harold Hobson (see below) and others.)
• "The Caretaker – Premiere". Dir. Donald McWhinnie, Arts Theatre Club, Arts Theatre, London, 27 Apr. 1960; transferred to the Duchess Theatre, London, 30 May 1960. haroldpinter.org. 4 Oct. 2007. (Production details and excerpts from related reviews.)
• The Dumb Waiter (1957). Dir. Harry Burton. Trafalgar Studios, London. Opened 2 February 2007. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "Dumb Waiter Limited Run". 50th anniversary production. Press release. Sonia Friedman Productions, 3 Jan. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "The Hothouse". Dir. Ian Rickson. Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London. 11 July – 27 Oct. 2007. National Theatre Online, n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Features NT Video.)
• One For The Road - Premiere" (1984). (A double bill with Victoria Station.) HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Production details and excerpts from related reviews.)
• "Victoria Station - Lyric Studio 1984". (A double bill with One for the Road.) HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Production details and excerpts from related reviews.)

Other secondary sources

• Agencies. "'The foremost representative of British drama': Excerpts from the Swedish Academy's Citation Awarding the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature to British Playwright Harold Pinter". "2005: Harold Pinter". Guardian.co.uk, Books: Special Reports: The Nobel Prize for Literature". Guardian Media Group, 4 Oct. 2007. Web. 4 Oct. 2007.
• Allen-Mills, Tony. "This Pinter Guy Could Turn into a Pain: Belatedly, Americans Are Wising Up to a Nobel Menace, says Tony Allen-Mills". Times Online. News International, 6 Nov. 2005. Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• Anderson, Porter. "Harold Pinter: Theater's Angry Old Man: At the Prize of Europe, the Playwright Is All Politics". CNN.com. CNN, 17 Mar. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Baker, William. Harold Pinter. Writers' Lives Series. London and New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008. ISBN 0826499708 (10) (hardback). ISBN 9780826499707 (13) (hardback). ISBN 0826499716 (10) (paperback). ISBN 9780826499714 (13) (paperback). Print.
• Batiukov, Michael. "Belarus 'Free Theatre' Is Under Attack by Militia in Minsk, Belarus". American Chronicle. Ultio, LLC, 22 Aug. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Batty, Mark. About Pinter: The Playwright and the Work. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. ISBN 0571220053 (10). ISBN 9780571220052 (13). Print. (Inc. chap. 9, "Views on Pinter: Friends and Collaborators" on 155–221.)
• Begley, Varun. Harold Pinter and the Twilight of Modernism. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2005. ISBN 0802038875 (10). ISBN 9780802038876 (13). Print.
• Billington, Michael. Harold Pinter. London: Faber and Faber, 2007. ISBN 9780571234769 (13). Updated 2nd ed. of The Life and Work of Harold Pinter. 1996. London: Faber and Faber, 1997. ISBN 0571171036 (10). Print. (The official authorized biography.)
• –––. "The Importance of Being Pinter: A New Production by the Belarus Free Theatre Reinforces the Global Resonance of the British Playwright's Political Works". Guardian.co.uk, Arts blog – Theatre. Guardian Media Group, 16 Apr. 2007. Web. 16 April 2007.
• –––. "Krapp's Last Tape: 4 Stars Royal Court, London". Guardian.co.uk, Theatre. Guardian Media Group, 16 Oct. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
• –––. "Passionate Pinter's Devastating Assault On US Foreign Policy: Shades of Beckett As Ailing Playwright Delivers Powerful Nobel Lecture". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 8 Dec. 2005, Books. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• –––. "We Are Catching Up With This Man's Creative Talent At Last: The Current Rash of Pinter Revivals Is about Far More Than Guilt or Respect. Both Artistically and Politically, He Was Ahead of the Pack.") Guardian.co.uk, Comment. Guardian Media Group, 1 Mar. 2007. Web. 11 Oct. 2007.
• Bond, Paul. "Harold Pinter's Artistic Achievement". World Socialist Web Site. World Socialist Web Site, 29 Dec. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Brantley, Ben. "Harold Pinter". New York Times, Times Topics . New York Times, n.d. (updated periodically). Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Introd. to hyperlinked Harold Pinter News––New York Times; includes menu of recommended external links.)
• –––. "A Master of Menace" (audio file). (See "Multimedia resources" listed below.)
• –––. "Theater Review: The Homecoming (Cort Theater): You Can Go Home Again, But You'll Pay the Consequences". New York Times 17 Dec. 2007, The Arts: E1. Print. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2007. Web. 17 Dec. 2007.
• Brown, Mark. "What Is It (War) Good for?" Socialist Review. Socialist Review, Sept. 2003. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. [Book rev. of War, by Harold Pinter.]
• "Bush and Blair Slated by Pinter". BBC News. BBC, 7 Dec. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Features related links.)
• The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Ed. Peter Raby. Cambridge Companions to Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. ISBN 052165842X (10). ISBN 9780521658423 (13). Print. Cambridge Collections Online. Cambridge University Press, n.d. Web. 11 October 2007. (Hyperlinked table of contents.)
• Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD). "Central Announces New President". Press release. Central School of Speech and Drama. University of London, 9 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2008.
• –––. "Central's 2008 Graduation Ceremony: Honorary Fellowships for Harold Pinter, Jo Brand and Penny Francis". Press release. Central School of Speech and Drama. University of London, 12 Dec. 2008. Web. 1 Jan. 2009.
• Chomsky, Noam. "Comments on Dershowitz". 'ZNet. Z Communications, 6 Sept. 2006. Web. 7 Sept. 2006. (Followed by text by Alan Dershowitz.)
• –––. "Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine: Tariq Ali, John Berger, Noam Chomsky, Eduardo Galeano, Naomi Klein, Harold Pinter, Arundhati Roy, José Saramago & Howard Zinn" (Updated signatures). chomsky.info . Noam Chomsky, 19 July 2006. Web, 4 Oct. 2007.
• Chrisafis, Angelique, and Imogen Tilden. "Pinter Blasts 'Nazi America' and 'deluded idiot' Blair". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 11 June 2003. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Christie, Janet. "Cautionary Tale about a Boy and Girl". Scotland on Sunday 7 Oct. 2007. Web. 9 Oct. 2007.
• Cohen, Lisa. "J. Barry Lewis on 'Betrayal'", Edge (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida). Edge Publications, Inc., 1 Mar. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Cole, Olivia. "Cut the Pauses ...Says Pinter". Times Online. News International, 11 February 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Coppa, Francesca. "The Sacred Joke: Comedy and Politics in Pinter's Early Plays". 44–56 in The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Ed. Peter Raby. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. Print. Cambridge Collections Online. Cambridge University Press, n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2009. (Extract; registered account required for access to full text.)
• "Death of Vivien Merchant Is Ascribed to Alcoholism". New York Times. New York Times, 7 Oct. 1982. Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• "Degree Honour for Playwright Pinter". Press Association. Rpt. by Google Hosted News. Google, 11 Dec. 2008. Web. 11 Dec. 2008.
• Diamond, Elin. Pinter's Comic Play. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell UP, 1985. Print.
• Dougary, Ginny. "Lady Antonia Fraser's Life Less Ordinary: In a Frank Interview, the Famed Writer Talks about Motherhood, Catholicism, Her Parents and Soulmate Harold Pinter". |Times Online. News International, 5 July 2008. Web. 5 July 2008.
• Eden, Richard, and Tim Walker. "Mandrake: A Pinteresque Silence". Sunday Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 27 Aug. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Ferguson, Niall. "Do the Sums, Then Compare US and Communist Crimes from the Cold War". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 11 Dec. 2005. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Filichia, Peter. "McCarter Gives Pinter a Happy 'Birthday Party'". Star-Ledger. McCarter Theatre Ticket Office (Reviews), 18 September 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Freed, Donald. "The Courage of Harold Pinter". Presentation at the conference Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter. University of Leeds. 13 April 2007. Another America. Donald Freed, Apr. 2007. Web. 28 May 2007.
• French Embassy in the United Kingdom. "Harold Pinter Awarded Légion d'Honneur". France in the United Kingdom. French Embassy (UK), 17 Jan. 2007. Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• "French PM Honours Harold Pinter". BBC News. BBC, 18 Jan. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Gale, Steven H. Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process. Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 2003. ISBN 0813122449 (10). ISBN 9780813122441 (13). Print.
• Gans, Andrew. "Broadway Homecoming Will Be a Week Later Than Originally Announced". Playbill, News. Playbill, 9 Aug. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Features hyperlink to "Listings/Tickets/Broadway: The Homecoming", Playbill.)
• –––. "Esparza to Return to Broadway in The Homecoming; McKean, Too", Playbill, News. Playbill, 24 July 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• –––. "Ian McShane to Have Broadway Homecoming". Playbill, News. Playbill, 14 Nov. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Gardner, M.C. "Harold Pinter's War". Book rev. Another America Journal. Lightning Source, Inc., 2003. Another America. Donald Freed, May 2007. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
• Gordon, Lois, ed. Pinter at 70: A Casebook. Casebooks on Modern Dramatists. 1990. Rev. and enl. ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0415936306 (10). ISBN 9780415936309 (13). Print.
• Grimes, Charles. Harold Pinter's Politics: A Silence Beyond Echo. Madison & Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson UP; Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 2005. ISBN 0838640508. Print.
• Gussow, Mel. Conversations with Pinter. London: Nick Hern Books, 1994. ISBN 1854592017. Rpt. New York: Limelight, 2004. ISBN 0879101792. Print.
• –––. "Critic's Notebook: On the London Stage, a Feast of Revenge, Menace and Guilt". New York Times. New York Times, 31 July 1991. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Site registration may be required.)
• Hands Off Cuba!. The Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the UK, n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. (Official Website updated periodically.)
• Hari, Johann. "Johann Hari: Pinter Does Not Deserve the Nobel Prize: The Only Response to His Nobel Rant (and Does Anyone Doubt It Will Be a Rant?) Will Be a Long, Long Pause" (column). Independent, Comment. Independent News & Media, 6 Dec. 2005. Johann Hari, 2 Oct. 2007. Web. 12 Oct. 2007. (Archived in johannhari.com.)
• "Harold Pinter Added to IFOA Lineup". Press release. International Festival of Authors] (IFOA), Toronto, 1 Oct. 2001. Web. 1 Oct. 2001. "Harold Pinter Added to IFOA Lineup". Archived IFOA press release. The Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine. Web. 4 Oct. 2007.
• Harold Pinter at the Internet Broadway Database. Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• "Harold Pinter Meets Free Theatre in Leeds". Press release. Belarus Free Theatre. Belarus Free Theatre, 2 May 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (English version has some typographical errors; also accessible in Belarusian [pусский] and in French [français]. Features photographs reposted from Mark Taylor-Batty's University of Leeds Website for the conference Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter.)
• Hickling, Alfred. "Being Harold Pinter ***** Workshop, University of Leeds". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 16 Apr. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Higgins, Charlotte. "Edinburgh Festival: Two-act rant from Sean and Harold". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 26 Aug. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Hinchliffe, Arnold P. Harold Pinter. The Griffin Authors Ser. New York: St. Martin's P, 1967. Print.
• Hitchens, Christopher. "Commentary: The Sinister Mediocrity of Harold Pinter". The Wall Street Journal 17 Oct. 2005, A18. Print. Wall Street Journal, 17 Oct. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Electronic ed.; full version restricted to subscribers; free preview.)
• Hobson, Harold. "The Screw Turns Again". Sunday Times 25 May 1958: 11. Print. (Cited in Merritt, Pinter in Play.) Rpt. in The Birthday Party. HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter, 2000–[2008]. Web. 3 Oct. 2007. (See also "Stage productions" listed above.)
• Hodgson, Martin. "British Jews Break Away from 'pro-Israeli' Board of Deputies". The Independent. Independent News & Media, 5 Feb. 2007. World Wide Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Honigsbaum, Mark. "Publisher to Stand In for Pinter at Nobel Ceremony". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 24 Nov. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Horwitz, Simi. "James Frain Joins 'The Homecoming'". Backstage.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 2 Oct. 2007. Web. 5 Oct. 2007.
• Howard, Jennifer. "Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to Harold Pinter, British Playwright Widely Studied in Academe". Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 Oct. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Jacobson, Aileen. "Pinter's Pauses: Even the Playwright Thinks They've Led to Over-pausing. But Actors in Two New Productions Find Them Exciting". Newsday, 5 Nov. 1989. Print.
• Jones, David. "Travels with Harold". Front & Center Online ("The Online Version of Roundabout Theatre Company's Subscriber Magazine"). Roundabout Theatre Company, Fall 2003. (3 pages.) Web. 9 Oct. 2007. ("David Jones' Staging of The Caretaker for Roundabout Culminates a 40-Year Career Acting and Directing the Work of Harold Pinter. Here the Director Looks Back.")
• Karwowski, Michael. "Harold Pinter––a Political Playwright?". Contemporary Review 283.1654 (Nov. 2003): 291–96. Rpt. in HighBeam Encyclopedia. Web.
• Lahr, John. "Demolition Man: Harold Pinter and 'The Homecoming'". The New Yorker 24 Dec. 2007, "Onward and Upward with the Arts". Print. The New Yorker Magazine, 16 Dec. 2007. (Advance online version.) Web. 16 Dec. 2007. (6 pages online; 7 pages in printout.)
• "Letter of Motivation for the European Theatre Prize". 10th Edition of the Europe Theatre Prize to Harold Pinter ("X Premio Europa per il teatro a Harold Pinter"). premio-europa.org. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Lyall, Sarah. "Playwright Takes a Prize and a Jab at U.S". New York Times. New York Times, 8 Dec. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Correction appended 10 Dec. 2005: "An article on Thursday about the playwright Harold Pinter's criticism of American foreign policy in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for literature described it incompletely. He said that both President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair - and not just Prime Minister Blair - should be tried before the International Criminal Court of Justice for the invasion of Iraq.") (Site registration required.)
• Mbeki, Thabo. "Letter from the President: Hail the Nobel Laureates - Apostles of Human Curiosity!". ANC Today ("Online Voice of the African National Congress") 5.42 (21–27 Oct. 2005). African National Congress, 12 Nov. 2007. Web.
• [McDowell, Leslie.] "Book Festival Reviews: Pinter at 75: The Anger Still Burns: Harold Pinter". The Scotsman 26 Aug. 2006: 5. Print. The Scotsman Publications Limited (Johnston Press Plc), (updated) 27 Aug. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
• Merritt, Susan Hollis. "Betrayal in Denver". The Pinter Review: Collected Essays 2003 and 2004. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 2004. 187–201. 2 Oct. 2007. Print.
• –––. "Europe Theatre Prize Celebration -- Turin, Italy". Harold Pinter Society Newsletter, Fall 2006. Web. (Downloadable electronic document sent to members.)
• –––. Pinter in Play: Critical Strategies and the Plays of Harold Pinter. 1990. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1995. ISBN 0822316749 (10). ISBN 9780822316749 (13). Print.
• –––. "Talking about Pinter". (On the Lincoln Center Festival 2001: Harold Pinter Festival Symposia.) The Pinter Review: Collected Essays 2001 and 2002. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 2002. 144–67. Print.
• Moss, Stephen. "The Guardian Profile: Harold Pinter: Under the Volcano". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 4 Sept. 1999. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "Palestinian Nation Under Threat". The Independent. Independent News & Media, 21 July 2006. World Wide Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• Parini, Jay. "Theater: Pinter's Plays, Pinter's Politics", Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Rev. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 Nov. 2005. World Wide Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (3 pages.)
• "People". Time . Time Inc., 11 Aug. 1975. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. Archived in the Time Archive: 1923 to the Present. (Page 1 of 2 pages.)
• Pilger, John. "The Silence of Writers". ZNet. Z Communications, 16 Oct. 2005. Web. 5 July 2006.
• "Pinter Honoured for a Lifetime's Contribution to the Arts". University of Leeds press release. University of Leeds, 13 Apr. 2007. Web.
• "Pinter Wins Nobel Literary Prize". BBC News . BBC, 13 Oct. 2005. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• "Protesters Will Defy Ban on Anti-Bush Demo on Sunday 15 June". Socialist Worker Online (UK). Socialist Worker, 14 June 2008. Web. 12 June 2008.
• Quigley, Austin E. "Pinter, Politics and Postmodernmism (I)". 7–27 in The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Print.
• Reddy, E.S. "Free Mandela: An Account of the Campaign to Free Nelson Mandela and All Other Political Prisoners in South Africa". July 1988. African National Congress (ANC): Documents: History of Campaigns. African National Congress, n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2009.
• Riddell, Mary. "Comment: Prophet without Honour: Harold Pinter Can Be Cantankerous and Puerile. But He Is a Worthy Nobel Prizewinner". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 11 Dec. 2005. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.
• Robertson, Campbell. "In Search of Her Inner Kangaroo Suit: Eve Best Storms Broadway and New York". New York Times, 24 Dec. 2007, The Arts: E1, 6. 24 Dec. 2007. Print. New York Times, 24 Dec. 2007. Web. 24 Dec. 2007. (Interview with actress Eve Best [Ruth in The Homecoming (Cort Theatre)].)
• Robinson, David. "Books: Doyle Returns to an Old Favourite in New Work; . . . Harold Pinter". The Scotsman, Living. The Scotsman, 28 Aug. 2006. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• –––. "I'm Written Out, Says Controversial Pinter". The Scotsman 26 Aug. 2006: 6. Print. The Scotsman, 26 Aug. 2006. Web. 26 Aug. 2006.
• Smith, Alastair. "Pinter Replaces Mandelson as Central President". The Stage. The Stage Newspaper Limited, 14 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2008.
• Smith, Martin J. "My Diary of Pinter's Homecoming". Guardian.co.uk, Arts Blog – Theatre. Guardian Media Group, 16 Mar. 2007. Web. 16 Mar. 2007.
• Smith, Neil. "'Political element' to Pinter Prize?" BBC News. BBC, 13 Oct. 2005. ("Last Updated: Thursday, 13 October 2005, 16:33 GMT 17:33 UK.") Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Smith, Susan Harris. "'Pinteresque' in the Popular Press". The Pinter Review: Collected Essays 2003 and 2004. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 2004. 103–108. Print.
• Sofer, Andrew. "The Cheese-Roll under the Cocktail Cabinet: Pinter's Object Lessons". The Pinter Review: Collected Essays 2003 and 2004. Ed. Francis Gillen and Steven H. Gale. Tampa: U of Tampa P, 2004. 29–38. Print.
• "Special Report: The Nobel Prize for Literature: 2005 Harold Pinter". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 2 Oct. 2007. World Wide Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Features links relating to Harold Pinter's 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. [Periodically updated and re-located.])
• The Swedish Academy. "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005: Harold Pinter". Nobelprize.org. The Swedish Academy and The Nobel Foundation, 13 Oct. 2005. Web. 4 Oct. 2007. (Hyperlinked account. Provides links to the official Nobel Prize announcement, Bio-bibliography, Bibliography, press release, press conference, and audio and video streaming media files of the press conference and related interviews and features. These resources are accessible on the official websites of both the Nobel Prize and the Swedish Academy; they are periodically revised and re-located.)
• Taylor-Batty, Mark. "Fling Open Door and Let Pinter's Pause Be Heard". Times Higher Education Supplement 27 Apr. 2007: 12. Print.
• Thomson, David T. Pinter: The Player's Playwright. London: Macmillan, 1985. New York: Schocken, 1985. ISBN 0805239642. Print.
• Toíbín, Colm. "Pinter Takes On Beckett: As Harold Pinter Prepares to Tackle 'Krapp's Last Tape', Novelist Colm Toíbín Looks Forward to a Meeting of Two Theatrical Giants". Daily Telegraph. News International, 7 Oct. 2006 ("Last updated: 12:01 am BST"). Web. 3 Oct. 2007.
• Traub, James. "The Way We Live Now: Their Highbrow Hatred of Us". New York Times Mag.. New York Times, 30 Oct. 2005. Web. 30 Oct 2005. (Site registration may be required.)
• "Travel Advisory: Toronto Festival Honors 14 Leaders in the Arts". New York Times (Archive). New York Times, 9 Sept. 2001. Web. 4 Oct. 2007. (Site registration may be required.)
• Wardle, Irving. "The Birthday Party". Encore 5 (July–Aug. 1958): 39–40. Rpt. in The Encore Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama. Ed. Charles Marowitz, Tom Milne, and Owen Hale. London: Methuen, 1965. 76–78. Print. (Reissued as: New Theatre Voices of the Fifties and Sixties. London: Eyre Methuen, 1981.)
• –––. "Comedy of Menace". Encore 5 (Sept.–Oct. 1958): 28–33. Rpt. in The Encore Reader and New Theatre Voices 86–91. Print.
• –––. "Pinter, Harold". 657–58 in The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. Ed. John Gassner and Edward Quinn. New York: Crowell, 1969. Print.
• Wästberg, Per. "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005: Presentation Speech". Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Foundation and The Swedish Academy, 10 December 2005. Web, 2 Oct. 2007. (Full text; links to video clips of the Nobel Ceremony provided online.)
• West, Samuel. "Fathers and Sons: How Does It Feel to Act in a Pinter Play for Radio Alongside the Man Himself? Samuel West Reveals All". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 17 Mar. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Wilfred Owen Association Newsletter 4 Aug. 2004. Print.
• Woolf, Henry. "My 60 Years in Harold's Gang". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 12 July 2007. Web. 11 Oct. 2007.

Multimedia resources

• Brantley, Ben. "A Master of Menace" (audio file). Hyperlinked in "Multimedia". In "Harold Pinter". The New York Times on the Web 13 Oct. 2005, Times Topics. 9 Oct. 2007.
• BWW News Desk. "Photo Flash: NO MAN'S LAND at the Duke of York....Photos by Jeremy Whelehan". BroadwayWorld.com. Broadway World, 10 Nov. 2008. Web. 26 Dec. 2008.
• Celebration (2000). More 4. Channel Four, London. Television. Channel 4, 26 Feb. 2007. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Includes video clips of filmed stage prod.; first broadcast Feb. 2007.)
• Harold Pinter: Art, Truth & Politics: The Nobel Prize Lecture. © Copyright 2006 Illuminations. All Rights Reserved. Transmission Channel 4, 2005. DVD. 46 mins. (DVD and VHS video recordings. Catalogue listing.) 2 Oct. 2007. (Features preview video clip.)
• "Harold Pinter Slideshow". Hyperlinked in "Multimedia". In "Harold Pinter". The New York Times on the Web, Times Topics. New York Times, 13 Oct. 2005, Times Topics. 9 Oct. 2007.
• "The Hothouse". By Harold Pinter. Dir. Ian Rickson. Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London. 11 July – 27 Oct. 2007. National Theatre Online, n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Features NT Video clip of stage prod.)
• Mondello, Bob, and Robert Siegel. "Remembrances: An Appreciation of Harold Pinter". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. 25 Dec. 2008. 25 Dec. 2008. (Hyperlinked audio clip; 3 mins., 42 secs.)
• "Playwright Harold Pinter Dies". BBC News. BBC, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008. (Features photographs and video). (See selection of Obituaries below.)
• "Press Releases & Press Packs" for Pinter at the BBC. BBC Press Office 3 Oct. 2002. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Sleuth. Sony Pictures Classics. Sony Pictures, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Features video clip of film trailer.)
• Sleuth at IMDb. IMDb.com, (updated) 2009. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. (Features updated news and video clips, including film trailer.)
• Tamara's Return (1998) at IMDb. Episode 4 of Season 2 (204). Dawson's Creek: The Complete Second Season. DVD. Sony Pictures, (released) 16 Dec. 2003. Web. 2 Oct. 2007.
• Tennant, Neil, and Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys). "Up Against It". Song lyrics. petshopboys.co.uk: The Official Site. 2 Oct. 2007. ("Browse all lyrics alphabetically" accessible via "Lyric of the day: Read more". Requires Adobe Flash Player 8 or above.)
• Working With Pinter. Dir. Harry Burton. First televised on More 4, Channel 4 (UK), 26 Feb. 2007. Repeated 9 Mar. 2007. Web. 2 Oct. 2007. (Program listing. Features Windows Media Player video clip.) [Screened at Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter, University of Leeds, 12 Apr. 2007; at the East End Film Festival, at Genesis Mile End Cinema, London, 23 Apr. 2007; and at the The End of the Pier International Film Festival, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, 1 May 2007.]

Obituaries and related articles

• Adams, Stephen. "Harold Pinter Directs His Own Funeral". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 31 Dec. 2008. Web. 6 Jan. 2009. ("His plays were masterpieces of artistic control. And even at his own funeral Harold Pinter made sure he exerted a director's influence.")
• Billington, Michael. "Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Shakespearean Farewell to Pinter". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 1 Jan. 2009.
• –––. "Harold Pinter". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008.
• British Library (BL). "Harold Pinter (1930–2008)". Harold Pinter Archive Blog: British Library Curators on Cataloguing the Pinter Archive. British Library, 29 Dec. 2008. Web. 2 Jan. 2009.
• Daily Mail Reporter. "Breaking News: Nobel Prize-winning Playwright Harold Pinter Dies Aged 78". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008.
• Dodds, Paisley (Associated Press). "Nobel-winning Playwright Harold Pinter Dies at 78". Associated Press. Rpt. in Google Hosted News. Google, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 26 Dec. 2008.
• Eden, Richard. Harold Pinter Faces Opposition to Memorial in Poet's Corner". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 3 Jan. 2009. Web. 3 Jan. 2009.
• "Friends Bid Pinter Farewell". BBC News. BBC, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 1 Jan. 2009.
• Gussow, Mel, and Ben Brantley. "Harold Pinter, Playwright of the Pause, Dies at 78". New York Times. New York Times, 25 Dec. 2008, Theater. Web. 26 Dec. 2008. (Web version of article listed below.)
• –––. "Harold Pinter, Whose Silences Redefined Drama, Dies at 78". New York Times 26 Dec. 2008, national ed., sec. A: 1, A22–23. Print. [Cites "Online: A Pinter Appraisal: An audio evaluation by Ben Brantley, reviews of Mr. Pinter's plays and more". Print version of article listed above.]
• "Harold Pinter Tribute". Granta. Granta, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 2 Jan. 2009.
• "Obituary: Harold Pinter". BBC News. BBC, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008.
• Smith, Alastair. "Pinter to be Honoured Before Final Performance of No Man's Land". The Stage, News. The Stage Newspaper Group Ltd, 2 Jan. 2009. Web. 4 Jan. 2009.
• "Pinter Ends It All with a Double Plot". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers Ltd, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 4 Jan. 2009.
• Taylor-Batty, Mark, comp. "In Memoriam: Harold Pinter". Harold Pinter Society Webpages. The Harold Pinter Society, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 1 Jan. 2009. ("Harold Pinter - playwright, poet, actor, director, political activist - died on 24 December 2008, aged 78 ... Here are a few of the obituaries and commentaries released by the international press and online theatre community. [Contains "Key links" and a hyperlinked "Full list" periodically being updated.])
• "Times Obituary: Harold Pinter". Times. News Corporation, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008.
• Ulaby, Neda. "Remembrances: Remembering Influential Playwright Harold Pinter". Day to Day. National Public Radio, 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 25 Dec. 2008. (Includes audio clip.)
• Wainwright, Hilary. "In Words and Silences". Red Pepper. Red Pepper magazine, Dec. 2008. Web. 3 Jan. 2009. ("Hilary Wainwright reflects on Harold Pinter and Red Pepper.")
• "West End Pays Tribute to Pinter". BBC News. BBC, 27 Dec. 2008. Web. 1 Jan. 2009. (Includes video clip.)