{"product_id":"harold-pinter-plays-1-by-harold-pinter-9780571178445","title":"Harold Pinter Plays 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains Harold Pinter's first six plays, including \u003cem\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Room\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dumb Waiter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these two early one-act plays, Harold Pinter reveals himself as already in full control of his unique ability to make dramatic poetry of the banalities of everyday speech and the precision with which it defines character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e was first produced in 1980, though Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958, just before commencing work on \u003cem\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/em\u003e. In this compelling study of bureaucratic power, we can see the full emergence of a great and original dramatic talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463097041132,"sku":"9780571178445","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571178445-harold-pinter-plays-1.jpg?v=1775028496","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/harold-pinter-plays-1-by-harold-pinter-9780571178445","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}