The Birthday Party

Name: The Birthday Party
Author: Harold Pinter

by Harold Pinter

Absurdist comedy-drama about mysterious intruders disrupting ordinary birthday celebration

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Harold Pinter

Nobel Prize-winning English playwright whose work defined a new theatrical style—menacing pauses, everyday language concealing violence, power played out through the control of speech. The word 'Pinteresque' entered the language to describe his distinctive dramatic world. He was also an outspoken political activist.

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BetrayalPlay about betrayal told chronologically backward through scenes of passion and deceit
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