The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter
2nd Edition
Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature
- Editor: Peter Raby, Homerton College, Cambridge
- Date Published: March 2009
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521713733
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Harold Pinter was one of the world's leading and most controversial writers, and his impact and influence continues to grow. This Companion examines the wide range of Pinter's work - his writing for theatre, radio, television and screen, and also his highly successful work as a director and actor. Substantially updated and revised, this second edition covers the many developments in Pinter's career since the publication of the first edition, including his Nobel Prize for Literature win in 2005, his appearance in Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape and recent productions of his plays. Containing essays written by both academics and leading practitioners, the volume places Pinter's writing within the critical and theatrical context of his time and considers its reception worldwide. Including three new essays, new production photographs, five updated and revised chapters and an extended chronology, the Companion provides fresh perspectives on Pinter's work.
Read more- Contains essays by practitioners who have worked with Pinter: Sir Peter Hall (director), John Fowles (screenwriter), and Michael Pennington (actor)
- Written by a team of international contributors, presenting global perspectives on Pinter
- Significantly updated from the first edition, containing three completely new chapters, new production photographs and an extended chronology
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: March 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521713733
- length: 348 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Chronology
Introduction PETER RABY
Part I. Text and Context:
1. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (1) AUSTIN QUIGLEY
2. Pinter and the 1950s JOHN STOKES
3. The sacred joke: comedy and politics in Pinter's early plays FRANCESCA COPPA
4. Tales of the city: some places and voices in Pinter's plays PETER RABY
5. Pinter and twentieth-century drama RONALD KNOWLES
6. Harold Pinter, screenwriter: an overview STEVEN H. GALE
7. Speaking out: Harold Pinter and freedom of expression MARY LUCKHURST
Part II. Pinter and Performance:
8. Body language in Pinter's plays RICHARD ALLEN CAVE
9. Harold Pinter as director MICHAEL PENNINGTON
10. Directing the plays of Harold Pinter PETER HALL
11. Pinter in Russia CHARLES EVANS
12. Pinter and Ireland ANTHONY ROCHE
13. Pinter's late tapes JOHN STOKES
Part III. Reactions to Pinter:
14. Pinter's sexual politics DREW MILNE
15. Pinter and the critics YAEL ZARHY-levo
16. Pinter as celebrity HARRY DERBYSHIRE
17. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (2) MIREIA ARAGAY
18. The Pinter paradigm: Pinter's influence on contemporary playwriting STEVE WATERS
19. Afterword: Harold Pinter and cricket JOHN FOWLES.
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