The Dwarfs (1960)

The Dwarfs [radio script] (1960)

Channel	BBC Third Programme
Broadcast Date	2 December 1960
Broadcast time	20:40:00
Length (minutes)	60
Series	Unknown
Episode
Description	This radio production was broadcast for a second time on 20 December 1960.
Language	English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Barbara Bray (1924 - 2010)

Creative | Producer (radio/television)

Linked Organisations

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)

Characters

Len (Age: late twenties, Male)

Len was based on Pinter's friend Mick Goldstein, who later wrote a response to The Dwarfs.

Performer: Richard Pasco (1926 - 2014)

Pete (The Dwarfs) (Age: late twenties, Male)

Performer: Jon Rollason (1931 - 2016)

Mark (The Dwarfs) (Age: late twenties, Male)

Performer: Alex Scott (1929 - 2015)

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Resources

BBC WAC Audience Research Report LR/60/2079 (URL)

Type: Audience research report

External Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/access_archives/bbc_written_archives_centre/researchguidance

Audience Research reports are available for consultation at the BBC Archives in Caversham, Reading.

The British Library Manuscript Collections. Pinter Archive. ’Book 2’ (Pinter’s scrapbook); April 1960-Oct. 1961. Add MS 88880/8/2 (Paper-based)

Type: Archival holding

External Link: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms88880/addms88880/8/2

Pinter's scrapbook contains a transcript of the BBD Radio programme 'The Critics' (probably the programme broadcast on 4 December) in which The Dwarfs is discussed

Sources

New Pinter Play, by Michael Bakewell

Radio Times, 24 November 1960, p. 52

Magazine

The Dwarfs (listing)

Radio Times, 24 November 1960, p. 61

Magazine

Audience Research Report LR/60/2079

BBC Written Archives Centre

Audience research report

See 'Resources' for access details.