SOURCE: “Non-Verbal Communication and the Overlooked Action in Pinter's The Caretaker,” in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Vol. 58, No. 1, February, 1972, pp. 41-7.
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.
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