Pinter, Harold 1930-2008

The homecoming by Harold Pinter ( Book )
128 editions published between 1965 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 2,727 libraries worldwide
This play was first produced in London in 1965, and in New York City in 1967. In it, Teddy, a professor of philosophy who lives in America, brings his wife Ruth to England to visit his family, whom she has never met. His father, a widower, and two brothers, a pimp and a boxer, convince Ruth to remain with them and to enter a life of prostitution. Teddy returns to America alone. Pinter's very high talent manages to make the situation believable.

The birthday party, and The room; two plays by Harold Pinter ( Book )
164 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in 15 languages and held by 2,306 libraries worldwide
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.

The caretaker ; and the dumb waiter : two plays by Harold Pinter ( Book )
218 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 2,252 libraries worldwide
"Contains the script of the 1960s play in which Aston, a man who lives in personal and emotional isolation, takes an old bum into the home he shares with his brother Mick."

Old times by Harold Pinter ( Book )
66 editions published between 1971 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,772 libraries worldwide
A middle-aged couple entertain a friend they have not seen for two decades in Pinter's play first presented in London's West End in June, 1971.

Betrayal by Harold Pinter ( Book )
62 editions published between 1978 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,685 libraries worldwide
Two years after their affair has ended, Emma and Jerry--her husband's best friend--meet and reflect on their illicit relationship.

Complete works : with an introduction "Writing for the theatre by Harold Pinter ( Book )
83 editions published between 1976 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,575 libraries worldwide
This is the third volume of the collected works of Harold Pinter, who is regarded by many as the foremost playwright in the English language today. Featured are The Homecoming, one of Pinter's best-known works, along with three other plays, six revue sketches, and a short story.

No man's land by Harold Pinter ( Book )
59 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 1,559 libraries worldwide
The deserted South Pacific island serving as a laboratory for a young marine toxicologist was anything but a tropical paradise even before the arrival of a boatload of savages in war paint.

Landscape and Silence by Harold Pinter ( Book )
47 editions published between 1967 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,407 libraries worldwide
Sitting across a kitchen table yet worlds apart, Beth and Duff engage in a disturbing but seductive counterpoint of dual monologues, two series of impressionistic images from the wreckage of their relationship that wash up on the waves of consciousness. Thanks to the consummate performances of the late Dame Peggy Ashcroft and David Waller, this outstanding production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed for stage and screen by Sir Peter Hall, is quintessential Pinter, laden with irony and stressing two of the playwright's recurring themes: communication and memory.

Five screenplays by Harold Pinter ( Book )
55 editions published between 1970 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,273 libraries worldwide
Everyone who values the word and loves film will savour and enjoy this wide range of work with the distinctive Pinter hallmark. This is one of two volumes, both of which contain an introduction by the author.

Three plays : A slight ache, The collection, The dwarfs by Harold Pinter ( Book )
5 editions published between 1962 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,216 libraries worldwide
A SLIGHT ACHE is set in an English country garden. A couple invites in an old matchseller. Both husband and wife have bizarre "conversations" with the silent old man. THE COLLECTION is a story of the relations between two couples, one homosexual and the other heterosexual. THE DWARFS is a radio play.