Accident (1966)

Harold Pinter

Film screenplay

English

Stephen, a professor at Oxford University yearns for an affair with his beautiful student Anna. He finds himself in competition for her affection with her fiancé William and with his friend and fellow academic Charley.

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Date of Composition: 1965 - 1966

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Publishers

Methuen & Co. Ltd. on (18 March 1971)

Published in Five screenplays, alongside The Servant, The Pumpkin Eater, The Quiller Memorandum, and The Go-Between. £3.75.

Faber and Faber Ltd on (1991)

Published in The Servant and Other Screenplays, with same collection of screenplays as 1971 Methuen edition.

Faber and Faber Ltd on (2000)

Published in Collected Screenplays One

Characters

Anna (Accident) (Age: 19, Female)

Bell (Age: Unknown, Male)

Charley (Accident) (Age: 40, Male)

Clarissa (Age: Unknown, Female)

Francesca (Age: mid thirties, Female)

Hedges (Age: Unknown, Male)

Laura (Age: mid thirties, Female)

Man In Bell's Office (Age: Unknown, Male)

Policeman (Age: Unknown, Male)

Provost (Age: Unknown, Male)

Receptionist (Accident) (Age: Unknown, Female)

Rosalind (Age: mid thirties, Female)

Second Policeman (Accident) (Age: Unknown, Male)

Secretary (Accident) (Age: Unknown, Female)

Stephen (Accident) (Age: Unknown, Male)

Ted (Accident) (Age: Unknown, Male)

William (Accident) (Age: 40, Male)

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Sources

Accident screenplay typescript

'Accident', Pinter Collection, British Library, Add MS 88880/2/2

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