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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in classic dramatic works, those drawn to existential and psychological theatre, and anyone keen to explore Harold Pinter's distinctive blend of tension and dark humour.
Reissued to commemorate Pinter winning the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature
The Birthday Party is Harold Pinter's second play. Initially confounding critics in the 1950s, the play explores the fluidity of time, place and identity and quickly became a celebrated modern classic.
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A great, disturbing play. Guardian
Mr Pinter's terrifying blend of pathos and hatred fuses unforgettably into the stuff of art. Sunday Times
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter centres on Stanley Webber, who is visited in his boarding house by two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571160785
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 March 1991
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 125.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 92g
Pages: 168
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About the Author
Harold Pinter was born in East London in 1930. He lives in London and is married to Antonia Fraser. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature; in 1996 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre; and in 1997 he was named as the Sunday Times Writer of the Year. In 2002 Harold Pinter was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. He is the author of numerous plays and screenplays, and has written poetry and fiction. In 2005, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Visit the official website www.haroldpinter.org.
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