The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
The Tragedy of King Lear (2000)
Harold Pinter
Film screenplay
English
Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Shakespeare's play has been neither filmed nor published, but the manuscript can be consulted at the British Library (see 'sources').
Date of Composition: 18 January 2000 - 2000
Adapted From: King Lear
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Script remains unpublished. Was optioned for filming but the project never came to fruition.
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Sources
Harold Pinter Appointments Diary, 2000
The Harold Pinter Archive, The British Library Modern Manuscripts, Add MS 88880/12/33, no ff.
Library archive
Information about composition start date taken from entry for 18 January: ‘Work on “King Lear”’.
The Harold Pinter Archive, The British Library Modern Manuscripts,
The Harold Pinter Archive, The British Library Modern Manuscripts, Pinter Archive. 'The Tragedy of King Lear'; 2000, Add MS 88880/2/116-120
Library archive
The unpublished manuscript