The Essay - Pinter's Voices
Series of personal essays about the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who died in December 2008
The Essay - Pinter's Voices - Episode 1
Michael Colgan looks at Harold Pinter's association with Ireland, from the early 1950s, when he toured with Andrew McMaster's company, to festivals at the Gate Theatre.
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The Essay - Pinter's Voices - Episode 2
Michael Billington, theatre critic and Harold Pinter biographer, explores the late playwright's changing use of dramatic language.
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The Essay - Pinter's Voices - Episode 3
Lisa Appignanesi, writer and deputy president of literature charity English PEN, explores Harold Pinter's political activism and his involvement in the struggles of other writers.
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The Essay - Pinter's Voices - Episode 4
Film historian Ian Christie explores Harold Pinter's work as a screenwriter, from his films with Joseph Losey to his adaptation of John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.
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The Essay - Pinter's Voices - Episode 5
Actor and director Harry Burton traces Pinter's life-long love of cricket, the game he described as 'greater than sex', and which makes appearances in his plays.
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