The plays of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter have formed part of the canon of world theatre since the 1960s. Frequently revived on the professional stage, and studied on almost every Theatre Studies course, his importance and influence is hard to overestimate. This Critical Companion offers an[...]

The Experimental Plays of Harold Pinter offers a fresh approach to the plays of Nobel Prize laureate Harold Pinter. He is highlighted as an experimental playwright who attempted to free the theatre from the legacy of realism, causality and motivation. His plays are read in relation to the avant-gard[...]

När 2005 års nobelpristagare i litteratur Harold Pinter höll sitt nobelprisanförande var det många som tappade hakan. Aldrig förr hade den tribun som nobelpriset innebär använts för ett ­sådant politiskt brandtal. Med stor retorisk skicklighet och pregnans gjorde Pinter talet till en svid[...]

This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both "The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party".[...]