» Review: Antonia Fraser: My Life with Harold Pinter
Antonia Fraser spoke movingly and eloquently to a packed venue about Pinter the man and the playwright, and their long and loving 30-year relationship, drawing on her recently published memoir, ‘Must You Go?’. Lucasta Miller’s role as conversational foil should have been much sharper. Ms Miller frequently seemed under-prepared – as though she had bumped into Antonia Fraser for the first time just seconds before both women walked on stage. Antonia Fraser sailed serenely on despite her. Her account of Pinter’s learning that he’d won the Nobel Prize provoked much laughter, and her brief and simple description of his death on Christmas Eve 2008 brought a tear to the eye.
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, 16 May
4/5
Gary Mepsted






