Umbrellas
Umbrellas

Umbrellas (1960)

Umbrellas

Harold Pinter

Play script

English

Two sunbathing gentlemen embark on a typically enigmatic discussion about umbrellas, the true friend of any English gentleman.

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Date of Composition: 1960

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Publishers

The Guardian on (24 October 2011)

Sketch was performed in 1960 as part of review entitled You, Me and the Gatepost, but lost for decades and only discovered in the British Library, in the Lord Chamberlain's Archive, in 2011.

Faber and Faber Ltd on (2011)

Appears in 'Harold Pinter: Plays 4', third expanded edition.

Characters

A (Umbrellas) (Age: Not specified, Male)

B (Umbrellas) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Resources

Full text on Drama Online (URL)

Type: Script

External Link: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/umbrellas-iid-134630

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Sources

The Guardian Website

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/oct/24/harold-pinter-sketch-umbrella

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Information about date of composition of sketch taken from 'Harold Pinter's forgotten sketch rediscovered after more than 50 years', Mark Brown for The Guardian, 24/10/2011 [accessed 30 October 2017].

The British Library Website

https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2011/october/pinter-sketch-rediscovered-in-british-library-collection

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The summary provided above is taken from the announcement of discovery: 'Pinter Sketch Rediscovered in British Library Collection' [accessed 7 September 2018] .