Harold Pinter is universally described as Britain's leading dramatist. This book evaluates the justification for this appellation. It examines his work in relation to changes taking place in the New British Theatre after the so-called theatrical revolution of 1956, and draws attention to those autobiographical experiences that have been transmuted into his art. Beginning with a look at the nature of British theatre prior to 1956, Peacock then describes Pinter's early life in the East End of London, his career as an actor, and his early writing. The discussion follows Pinter's life and work from ^IThe Room^R in 1957 to his most recent play, Ashes to Ashes in 1996. The author argues that although Pinter has not instigated an aesthetic revolution, he has, more significantly, through his representation of human behavior, provoked a new way of viewing the world.
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Examines Pinter's work in relation to changes taking place in the New British Theatre after the so-called theatrical revolution of 1956, and draws attention to those autobiographical experiences that have been transmuted into his art.
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"What all this means only Mr Pinter knows, for his characters speak in non-sequiturs, half-gibberish and lunatic ravings." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mountain language, slight ache, other screenplays, territorial intrusion, dumb waiter, surface realism, leading dramatist, mainstream theatre, political theatre, theatre movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, Peter Hall, National Theatre, The Caretaker, Old Times, Vivien Merchant, Royal Court, Mel Gussow, Look Back, The Hothouse, New British Theatre, Simon Gray, Lord Chamberlain, West End, Party Time, Henry Woolf, New York, Arnold Wesker, John Osborne, Martin Esslin, Night Out, Susan Engel, World War New!
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"What all this means only Mr Pinter knows, for his characters speak in non-sequiturs, half-gibberish and lunatic ravings." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mountain language, slight ache, other screenplays, territorial intrusion, dumb waiter, surface realism, leading dramatist, mainstream theatre, political theatre, theatre movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, Peter Hall, National Theatre, The Caretaker, Old Times, Vivien Merchant, Royal Court, Mel Gussow, Look Back, The Hothouse, New British Theatre, Simon Gray, Lord Chamberlain, West End, Party Time, Henry Woolf, New York, Arnold Wesker, John Osborne, Martin Esslin, Night Out, Susan Engel, World War New!
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- Slight Ache (Acting Edition) by Harold Pinter on 15 pages
- Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter on 14 pages
- Look Back in Anger (Plays, Penguin) by John Osborne on 13 pages
- Birthday Party (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley on 12 pages
- One for the Road by Harold Pinter on 12 pages
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- The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy (Studies in European Cultural Transition) by Verna A. Foster on page 195, page 196, and Back Matter
- Harold Pinter and the Twilight of Modernism by Varun Begley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies: Lives of the Theatre) by Marvin A. Carlson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Thatcher's Theatre: British Theatre and Drama in the Eighties (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by D. Keith Peacock in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Peter Raby on page 127, and Back Matter
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