Michael Billington, Pinter's friend and biographer, said he was "devastated and saddened" by the news.
"This is a momentous occasion in the history of the library, " said Librarian of Congress James Billington.
Maurice Billington, county councillor for Kidlington and Yarnton, said the community was "very shocked" by the incident on Wednesday afternoon.
The Guardian's Michael Billington says the actor is "excellent" in the Donmar Warehouse's "outstanding" revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie.
According to Michael Billington in the Guardian, Knightley and Moss " prove as potent a combination on stage as at the box office".
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It "nails the thorny subject of race relations with a bilious zest that takes one's breath away", wrote the Guardian's theatre critic Michael Billington, in an early review.
Michael Billington in The Guardian described Lloyd's Julius Caesar as "witty, liberating and inventive" and said it tapped into the anti-authoritarian instinct that runs through the play.
We also want to thank the Gershwin family, as well as the Library of Congress, and Dr. James Billington, as well as PBS, for helping to put this together.
Billington says he is not worried about becoming typecast in the villain role because he has taken on many romantic leads in the past and thinks directors recognise his versatility.
This is the kind of impact the library was looking to preserve, "to celebrate the richness and variety of our audio heritage, " said Librarian of Congress James Billington in announcing the selections.
Billington, who has bequeathed a wonderful gift upon millions of cellphone users by granting an exemption wherein consumers may legally break the software locks on their handsets in order to transfer service to another carrier.
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Mr Billington first proposed the creation of a World Digital Library (WDL) to UNESCO in 2005, remarking that such a project could "have the salutary effect of bringing people together by celebrating the depth and uniqueness of different cultures in a single global undertaking".
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