Stumped no more: Wisden Almanack helps British Library date Pinter letters

A cache of undated correspondence from Harold Pinter have been put in order thanks to the playwright’s love of cricket

Harold Pinter’s obsessive love of cricket has allowed the British Library to date more than 100 letters it has newly acquired, providing fascinating, fresh insights into the young mind of one the greatest playwrights of his generation.

The library announced on Thursday that it was now the proud owner of letters Pinter wrote between 1948 and 1960. But they arrived with a problem: there were no dates.

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