{"product_id":"9780571178445-harold-pinter-plays","title":"Harold Pinter Plays 1","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Birthday Party; The Room; The Dumb Waiter; A Slight Ache; The Hothouse; A Night Out; The Black and White; The Examination\u003cbr\u003eReissued to commemorate Pinter winning the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, this volume contains Harold Pinter's first six plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains Harold Pinter's first six plays, including \u003ci\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mr Pinter's terrifying blend of pathos and hatred fuses unforgettably into the stuff of art.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Room\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dumb Waiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these two early one-act plays, Harold Pinter reveals himself as already in full control of his unique ability to make dramatic poetry of the banalities of everyday speech and the precision with which it defines character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harold Pinter is the most original writer to have emerged from the \"new wave\" of dramatists who gave fresh life to the British theatre in the fifties and early sixties.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/i\u003e was first produced in 1980, though Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958, just before commencing work on \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/i\u003e. In this compelling study of bureaucratic power, we can see the full emergence of a great and original dramatic talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/i\u003e is at once sinister and hilarious, suggesting an unholy alliance of Kafka and Feydeau.' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30964800356449,"sku":"9780571178445","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36405223.jpg?v=1762272160","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571178445-harold-pinter-plays","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}