Waiting for Godot, a 1955 play by Samuel Beckett, is often compared to The Caretaker and generally recognized—as many of Beckett's plays are— as a major influence on Pinter's style.
Look Back in Anger, a 1956 play by John Os-borne, is often cited as a turning point in modern British drama, the first play of the so-called "Angry Young Men" theatre movement. The play focuses on the struggle of a young couple, the unemployed Jimmy Porter and the wife he abuses.
The Birthday Party, a 1958 play by Pinter, concerns Stanley, the only lodger in a dilapidated boarding house, who is terrorized by two mysterious men who arrive.....
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