Pinter, Harold 1930-2008
Overview
| Works: | 2,019 works in 7,047 publications in 16 languages and 136,096 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Film adaptations Biography Fiction Romance films History Television mini-series Television plays Screenplays |
| Roles: | Author, Actor, Author of screenplay, Director, Scenarist, Interviewee, Other, Adapter, Dedicatee, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Creator, Honoree, Editor, Performer, Contributor, Narrator, fmd, Writer of accompanying material, Compiler, Choreographer, Thesis advisor |
| Classifications: | PR6066.I53, 822.914 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Harold Pinter
- Harold Pinter by Arnold P Hinchliffe( Book )
- Harold Pinter : the poetics of silence by Ronald Hayman( Book )
- Pinter, a collection of critical essays by Arthur F Ganz( Book )
- Harold Pinter : critical approaches by Bernard F Dukore( Book )
- Must you go? : my life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser( Book )
- The peopled wound: the work of Harold Pinter by Martin Esslin( Book )
- The Cambridge companion to Harold Pinter by Peter Raby( Book )
- Harold Pinter by William Baker( Book )
- The life and work of Harold Pinter by Michael Billington( Book )
- The dramatic world of Harold Pinter: its basis in ritual by Katherine H Burkman( Book )
- The Pinter problem by Austin E Quigley( Book )
- The Pinter ethic : the erotic aesthetic by Penelope Prentice( Book )
- Sharp cut : Harold Pinter's screenplays and the artistic process by Steven H Gale( Book )
- "A kind of Alaska" : women in the plays of O'Neill, Pinter, and Shepard by Ann C Hall( Book )
- Harold Pinter and the twilight of modernism by Varun Begley( Book )
- Harold Pinter's The dumb waiter by Mary F Brewer( Book )
- The birthday party by Harold Pinter( Book )
- Harold Pinter on International Stages by Tomaž Onič( Book )
- Drama des Skandals und der Angst im 20. Jahrhundert : Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet by Mine Krause( Book )
- La habitación Pinteriana : formas, límites y procesos by Francisco Maestre Montahud( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Harold Pinter
The homecoming by
Harold Pinter(
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207 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 3,602 WorldCat member 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
207 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 3,602 WorldCat member 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 by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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40 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In The Birthday Party, a musician escapes to a dilapidated boarding house, where he falls victim to the shadowy, ritualized violence of two men who have followed him from his sinister past. In The Room, a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation from the past when a blind man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message
40 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In The Birthday Party, a musician escapes to a dilapidated boarding house, where he falls victim to the shadowy, ritualized violence of two men who have followed him from his sinister past. In The Room, a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation from the past when a blind man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message
Betrayal by
Harold Pinter(
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94 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 2,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two years after their affair has ended, Emma and Jerry--her husband's best friend--meet and reflect on their illicit relationship
94 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 2,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two years after their affair has ended, Emma and Jerry--her husband's best friend--meet and reflect on their illicit relationship
Old times by
Harold Pinter(
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95 editions published between 1873 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 2,091 WorldCat member 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
95 editions published between 1873 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 2,091 WorldCat member 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
The caretaker ; and the dumb waiter : two plays by
Harold Pinter(
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30 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in English and held by 1,928 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In all of Pinter's plays, seemingly ordinary events become charged with profound, if elusive, meaning, haunting pathos, and wild comedy. In The Caretaker, a tramp finds lodging in the derelict house of two brothers; in The Dumb Waiter, a pair of gunmen wait for the kill in a decayed lodging house
30 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in English and held by 1,928 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In all of Pinter's plays, seemingly ordinary events become charged with profound, if elusive, meaning, haunting pathos, and wild comedy. In The Caretaker, a tramp finds lodging in the derelict house of two brothers; in The Dumb Waiter, a pair of gunmen wait for the kill in a decayed lodging house
Wit by
Mike Nichols(
Visual
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11 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 1,740 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson) es una prestigiosa profesora universitaria que imparte un curso de poesía anglosajona. Un día, le diagnostican un cáncer terminal y descubre que le queda poco tiempo de vida. A partir de ese momento, el amor y la compasión adquieren para ella un nuevo y dramático sentido
11 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 1,740 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson) es una prestigiosa profesora universitaria que imparte un curso de poesía anglosajona. Un día, le diagnostican un cáncer terminal y descubre que le queda poco tiempo de vida. A partir de ese momento, el amor y la compasión adquieren para ella un nuevo y dramático sentido
No man's land by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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90 editions published between 1970 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harold Pinter's latest full-length play is set against the decayed elegance of a house in London's Hampstead Heath. Two men face each other over a drink. Do they know each other, or is each performing an elaborate charade of recognition? The ambiguity--and the comedy--intensify with the arrival of two younger men, the one ostensibly a manservant, the other a male secretary. All four inhabit a no man's land between time present and time remembered, between reality and imagination--a territory which Pinter explores with his characteristic mixture of biting wit, aggression, and anarchic sexuality that has continually made his plays masterpieces of the modern theater [Publisher description]
90 editions published between 1970 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harold Pinter's latest full-length play is set against the decayed elegance of a house in London's Hampstead Heath. Two men face each other over a drink. Do they know each other, or is each performing an elaborate charade of recognition? The ambiguity--and the comedy--intensify with the arrival of two younger men, the one ostensibly a manservant, the other a male secretary. All four inhabit a no man's land between time present and time remembered, between reality and imagination--a territory which Pinter explores with his characteristic mixture of biting wit, aggression, and anarchic sexuality that has continually made his plays masterpieces of the modern theater [Publisher description]
The French lieutenant's woman by
Karel Reisz(
Visual
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104 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 1,646 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two film actors involved in a tumultuous affair portray Victorian lovers. The skilful interweaving of these two love stories - one period, one contemporary - yields a fascinating insight into the passion and mystery that can pull two people together ... and just as easily tear them apart. The Victorian story involves a woman, ostracized by society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, who fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past
104 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 1,646 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two film actors involved in a tumultuous affair portray Victorian lovers. The skilful interweaving of these two love stories - one period, one contemporary - yields a fascinating insight into the passion and mystery that can pull two people together ... and just as easily tear them apart. The Victorian story involves a woman, ostracized by society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, who fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past
Landscape and Silence by
Harold Pinter(
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57 editions published between 1968 and 1991 in English and held by 1,529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
57 editions published between 1968 and 1991 in English and held by 1,529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mansfield Park by
Iain B MacDonald(
Visual
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31 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Fanny Price, a poor relation, and her upbringing at Mansfield Park, the magnificent country residence of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram and his family
31 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Fanny Price, a poor relation, and her upbringing at Mansfield Park, the magnificent country residence of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram and his family
Other places : three plays by
Harold Pinter(
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40 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Victoria Station: Humorous exchange between a lost taxi driver and a dispatcher. 2 men, 1 setting
40 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Victoria Station: Humorous exchange between a lost taxi driver and a dispatcher. 2 men, 1 setting
The birthday party by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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221 editions published between 1958 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 1,302 WorldCat member 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
221 editions published between 1958 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 1,302 WorldCat member 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
Five screenplays by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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51 editions published between 1970 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
51 editions published between 1970 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The hothouse : a play by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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44 editions published between 1980 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April, 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself."--Jacket
44 editions published between 1980 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April, 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself."--Jacket
Three plays : a slight ache, The collection [and] The dwarfs by
Harold Pinter(
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11 editions published between 1962 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,179 WorldCat member 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
11 editions published between 1962 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,179 WorldCat member 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
The Proust screenplay : À la recherche du temps perdu by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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47 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1970s Harold Pinter joined forces with director Joseph Losey and Proust scholar Barbara Bray to develop a screenplay of Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past. Pinter took more than a year to conceive and write the screenplay and called the experience "the best working year of my life." Although never produced, Harold Pinter's The Proust Screenplay is considered one of the greatest adaptations for the cinema ever written. With fidelity to Proust's text, the screenplay is an extraordinary re-creation by one of the leading playwrights of our time. It is, in its way, a unique collaboration between two extraordinary writers united across more than half a century and two different cultures by a special concern for time and memory
47 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1970s Harold Pinter joined forces with director Joseph Losey and Proust scholar Barbara Bray to develop a screenplay of Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past. Pinter took more than a year to conceive and write the screenplay and called the experience "the best working year of my life." Although never produced, Harold Pinter's The Proust Screenplay is considered one of the greatest adaptations for the cinema ever written. With fidelity to Proust's text, the screenplay is an extraordinary re-creation by one of the leading playwrights of our time. It is, in its way, a unique collaboration between two extraordinary writers united across more than half a century and two different cultures by a special concern for time and memory
The tailor of Panama by
John Boorman(
Visual
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13 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,023 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in his life
13 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,023 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in his life
The dwarfs : a novel by
Harold Pinter(
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43 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in postwar Britain, the novel describes the intertwined lives and concerns of four young Londoners
43 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in postwar Britain, the novel describes the intertwined lives and concerns of four young Londoners
The handmaid's tale by
Margaret Atwood(
Visual
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47 editions published between 1989 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the Republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training centre. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!
47 editions published between 1989 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the Republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training centre. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!
Pinter at sixty by
Katherine H Burkman(
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2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Gale, Steven H. Author Editor
- Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 Contributor Author Dedicatee
- Albee, Edward 1928-2016 Contributor
- Esslin, Martin 1918-2002 Author of introduction Author Translator
- Burkman, Katherine H. Author
- Hinchliffe, Arnold P. 1930- Author
- Bloom, John 1935- Film editor Editor
- Baker, William 1944- Author
- Shepard, Sam 1943-
- Fraser, Antonia 1932-
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Abused women Actors Adoptees Adultery Atwood, Margaret, Austen, Jane, Authors, English Country homes Cousins Despotism Drama Drama--Technique Dramatists, English Dwarfs Edson, Margaret, England England--Lyme Regis English drama English teachers Families Fowles, John, France Fraser, Antonia, Gay couples Great Britain Interpersonal communication Male friendship Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Married people Medicine in motion pictures Misogyny Motion picture plays Motion picture plays, English Panama--Panama Canal Pinter, Harold, Poetics Price, Fanny--(Fictitious character) Radio plays, English Ritual in literature Sex crimes Silence in literature Spies Tailors Technique Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Uncles Violence--Moral and ethical aspects Women college teachers Young women
Alternative Names
Bintar, Hārūld
Bintar, Hārūld 1930-2008
Harold Pinter angielski dramaturg, pisarz, reżyser teatralny i scenarzysta
Harold Pinter anglický herec a režisér
Harold Pinter angol drámaíró, költő, forgatókönyvíró, színész, rendező, polgárjogi aktivista
Harold Pinter Britaniko a mannurat, dramaturgo, ken direktor ti teatro ken pelikula
Harold Pinter Brits acteur
Harold Pinter drammaturgo, attore teatrale e regista teatrale britannico
Harold Pinter écrivain, dramaturge et metteur en scène britannique
Harold Pinter englischer Theaterautor und Regisseur, Literaturnobelpreisträger
Harolds Pinters
Haroldus Pinter
Pinter, Harold
Pinto Harold
Χάρολντ Πίντερ
Гаралд Пінтэр
Гаральд Пінтэр
Гарольд Пінтер
Пинтер
Пинтер, Гарольд
Пинтер, Гарольд 1930-2008
Харолд Пинтер англиски драмски писател
Харолд Пинтър
Հարոլդ Փինթեր
הרולד פינטר
הרולד פינטר סופר בריטי
פינטר, הרולד
פינטר, הרולד 1930-2008
بينتر، هارولد، 1930-2008
هارولد بنتر
هارولد بنتر، 1930-2008
هارولد پینتر
هارولډ پينټر
ہارولڈ پنٹر
ہیرلڈ پنٹر
हैरल्ड पिंटर
হ্যারল্ড পিন্টার
ਹੈਰੋਲਡ ਪਿੰਟਰ
ஹரோல்ட் பிண்டர்
ഹാരോൾഡ് പിന്റർ
แฮโรลด์ พินเทอร์
ჰაროლდ პინტერი
핀터, 해럴드 1930-
핀터, 헤롤드 1930-
해럴드 핀터
ハロルド・ピンター
ピンター, ハロルド
哈罗德·品特
哈洛品特
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