The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
A Slight Ache (1959)
A Slight Ache (1958)
| Channel | BBC Third Programme |
| Broadcast Date | 29 July 1959 |
| Broadcast time | 21:15:00 |
| Length (minutes) | 60 |
| Series | Unknown |
| Episode | |
| Description | A note on the script: A Slight Ache was written in 1958 for the radio. This production would have used that original script, which remains unpublished. The published text, which we use as the connected Work for this entry, is one that was subsequently prepared for stage production. We are unaware of any differences in dialogue between the broadcast text and the published text of the play. |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Donald McWhinnie (1920 - 1987)
Creative | Producer (radio/television)
Linked Organisations
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)
Characters
Edward (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Maurice Denham (1909 - 2002)
Flora (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Vivien Merchant (1929 - 1982)
Linked Awards
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Resources
Michael Billington, Harold Pinter, 2nd edn (London: Faber & Faber, 2007) (Paper-based)
Type: Book
Discussed on pp. 96-100.
A Slight Ache recording (Audio)
Type: Archival holding
BL National Sound Archive tape T11062 was made from two 10-inch LPs of a recording made on 29 July 1959 and first broadcast on the same day.
The British Library Manuscript Collections. Pinter Archive. ’Book 1’ (Pinter’s scrapbook); July 1956-April 1960. Add MS 88880/8/1 (Paper-based)
Type: Archival holding
External Link: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/8/1
Pinter's scrapbook contains reviews of the broadcast from The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Times and The Listener.
Sources
A Slight Ache recording
BL National Sound Archive: tape T11062
Recording
BL National Sound Archive tape T11062 was made from two 10-inch LPs of a recording made on 29 July 1959 and first broadcast on the same day.
Michael Billington's biography of Harold Pinter
Michael Billington, Harold Pinter, 2nd edn (London: Faber & Faber, 2007)
Biography
Discussed on pp. 96-100.
A Slight Ache listing
Radio Times, 24 July 1959, p. 35
Magazine
Production data listed in the Radio Times used as a primary source for data in this record.