PINTER (1930-2008)

PINTER (1930-2008)

It was his early plays that made his reputation such as ‘The Homecoming’ (1964) and his middle-period work such as ‘No man’s land’ (1976) that have been called ‘Comedies of Menace’. Typically, they all use what a first seems like an Innocent Situation and develop into an absurd and threatening environment through actions that usually are inexplicable to the audience and sometimes even to the other characters in the play. Typically a PINTER drama is dark and claustrophobic. His language is full of menacing pauses. The lives of Pinter’s characters usually are revealed to be stunted by guilt and horror. The duality and absurdity of Pinter’s theatrical world-view gave rise to the adjective ‘Pinteresque’ 

His works:

·         The Birthday Party (1958)

Steppenwolf Theatre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6v6mGGtSI

·         The Caretaker (1960)

·         The Homecoming (1965)

Standard Deviation Theatre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imeo3wZgcdA

·         Old times (1971)

·         No Man’s Land (1975)

·         The Hothouse

National Theatre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjU5YZVnac