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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter.
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Biography EssayHarold Pinter, Britain's most significant playwright since Bernard Shaw, was born in Hackney, a small working-class section just beyond the borders of London's East End. He grew up in a...
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The English playwright Harold Pinter (born 1930) ranks among the foremost postwar British dramatists. A master of menace, he invested his plays with an atmosphere of fear, horror, and mystery.Harold P...
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[This entry was updated by Stephen Grecco (Pennsylvania State University) from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 315-336.]Harold Pinter, Britain's most s...
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In the following review, Morley applauds a production of Pinter's The Caretaker that emphasizes the comic elements of the play.
Now here's a funny thing, and it happens rather surprising...
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In the following review, Alvarez complains that, despite an excellent production, The Caretaker is disappointing because, in it, Pinter repeats what he has “already done better in other plays.&...
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In the following review, Simon can find nothing of value in The Caretaker.
Not since Joanna Southcote announced that she would give birth to the Messiah, have there been such public pangs and heaving&...
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In the following essay, Minogue argues that reviewers of The Caretaker focused too much on Pinter's style and ignored the content of the play.
A man went rushing into a building. ‘Fire! ...
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In the following essay, Murphy focuses on The Caretaker, explaining the importance of attending to action indicated by the stage directions as much as to the dialogue in Pinter's plays.
Few mod...
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Teaching The Caretaker
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