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PINTER, HAROLD

From Encyclopedia of Nobel Laureates 1901-2017
Nationality: British b. 10 October 1930, London, UK; d. 24 December 2008, London, UK Who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms Pinter experienced the social and cultural ramifications of anti-semitism early in childhood. He left school at the age of 16 and decided to pursue an acting career, beginning acting in 1951 with regional and provincial touring companies, performing under the stage name David Baron. Pinter published his first poems in the early 1950s and debuted as a dramatist with his one-act play The Room , performed in 1957. His first full-length play, The Birthday Party , opened in Cambridge in 1958. His second full-length play and first commercial success was The Caretaker (1960; filmed 1963). His The Homecoming (1965; filmed 1973) is cited as the most desired work for stage plays. Pinter started experimentation with plays such as Landscape and Silence (1969), Old Times (1971), Monologue (1973), and…
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From Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Born in the East End of London, Pinter was educated locally—not only at school, but on the streets, where as a Jewish youngster before the war he needed to ward off verbal abuse or worse from intimidating gangs on the fascist fringe. Leaving school at sixteen, he became an actor in provincial and…
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Full text Article Pinter, Harold

From Philip's Encyclopedia
English dramatist. His elliptical dialogue and prolonged pauses induces a sense of unease and menace, often reinforced by a confined setting. His second play, The Birthday Party (1958), initially received adverse reviews. Pinter gained critical praise for his next play, The Caretaker (1960). Other…
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Full text Article Pinter, Harold (1930–2008)

From The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry
Born in London. It is usual to consider that the playwright Pinter's command of rhythm and nuance makes his drama poetic, although his poems, which were not collected until the 1970s, have tended to be overshadowed by his other writings. The poems contain shifts of register familiar from the plays…
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Full text Article Pinter, Harold (1930–2008)

From The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
English playwright, actor, and director. After training in London, Pinter acted until 1960 under the stage name of David Baron (with *McMaster , among others). His second full-length play, The Caretaker (1960), brought him a West End reputation, while *Hall 's staging of The Collection in 1962 began…
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English playwright, director and actor. Such early plays as The Birthday Party (1958) were dismissed as obscure, but after The Caretaker (1960) his work underwent a reappraisal and he was acknowledged as one of the most interesting playwrights of his generation. Subsequent works for the stage…
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Full text Article CENSORSHIP

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
It is usually better to permit a piece of trash than to suppress a work of art. BOROVOY, A. Alan When Freedoms Collide (1988). Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. CRONENBERG, David Cronenberg on Cronenberg (1992). …
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Full text Article THEATRE

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
The reason why Absurdist plays take place in No Man’s Land with only two characters is primarily financial. [Attr.] A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature. ADDISON, Joseph The Spectator , 1711. Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or…
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Full text Article Harold Pinter 1930–2008

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Full text Article Film Scripts

From A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
(1910) This is my term for printed materials, often incorporating images along with words, that suggest a film that probably won't be made. The classic in my memory vault is L. MOHOLY-NAGY's Dynamic of the Metropolis (written 1921–22; completed 1924) whose 14 intricately designed pages include…
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