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A Harold Pinter ChronologyWho’s Who

A Harold Pinter Chronology: Who’s Who Dame Edith Margaret Emily (Peggy) Ashcroft (1907–91) Born in Croydon, Surrey. A great actress, when she came on the stage, in the words of John Gielgud, ‘it was as if all the lights in the theatre had suddenly gone up’. Active in her commitment to liberal causes, especially the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, she encouraged Pinter to believe that as a dramatist and public figure his political cam- paigning would have considerable influence. She and Pinter were very close in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Pinter chose her rather than his then wife, Vivien Merchant, to play the role of Beth in Landscape on the radio in April 1968, directed by Guy Vaesen, and Ashcroft subsequently appeared in the role in July 1969 at the Royal Shakespeare Company under Peter Hall’s direction. She was the second voice in Family Voices, broadcast on Radio 3 in January 1981, and at a National Theatre Platform Performance under Hall’s direction a month later. Pinter and Hall gave addresses at her memorial service held in Westminster Abbey, 30 November 1991. She was awarded the CBE in 1951 and in 1956 became Dame Peggy. Anthony (Tony) Astbury (1940–) A preparatory schoolmaster at Emscote http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Harold Pinter ChronologyWho’s Who

Part of the Author Chronologies Book Series
Baker, William
Springer Journals — Nov 17, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
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978-1-349-32623-5
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306 –324
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10.1057/9781137317254_2
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Abstract

Dame Edith Margaret Emily (Peggy) Ashcroft (1907–91) Born in Croydon, Surrey. A great actress, when she came on the stage, in the words of John Gielgud, ‘it was as if all the lights in the theatre had suddenly gone up’. Active in her commitment to liberal causes, especially the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, she encouraged Pinter to believe that as a dramatist and public figure his political cam- paigning would have considerable influence. She and Pinter were very close in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Pinter chose her rather than his then wife, Vivien Merchant, to play the role of Beth in Landscape on the radio in April 1968, directed by Guy Vaesen, and Ashcroft subsequently appeared in the role in July 1969 at the Royal Shakespeare Company under Peter Hall’s direction. She was the second voice in Family Voices, broadcast on Radio 3 in January 1981, and at a National Theatre Platform Performance under Hall’s direction a month later. Pinter and Hall gave addresses at her memorial service held in Westminster Abbey, 30 November 1991. She was awarded the CBE in 1951 and in 1956 became Dame Peggy. Anthony (Tony) Astbury (1940–) A preparatory schoolmaster at Emscote

Published: Nov 17, 2015

Keywords: National Theatre; Birthday Party; Queen Mary College; Lifelong Friend; Television Director

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