SOURCE: “Actions That a Man Might Play: Pinter's The Birthday Party,” in Modern Drama, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1973, pp. 167-78.
In the following essay, Kaufman argues that the game of blindman's buff, central to The Birthday Party, provides an expressive structure for what Pinter sees as inherent human traits: a struggle for mastery and hostility.
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