Pinter, Harold 1930-2008
Overview
| Works: | 2,639 works in 8,742 publications in 13 languages and 146,383 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Memory plays Film adaptations Biographies Acting editions Television adaptations Fiction Screenplays Medical films (Motion pictures) |
| Roles: | Author, Actor, Author of screenplay, Director, Scenarist, Other, Interviewee, Adapter, Author of introduction, Dedicatee, Contributor, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Editor, Honoree, Narrator, Performer, Writer of accompanying material, vac, Thesis advisor, Choreographer, 070, fmd, ard, Compiler |
| Classifications: | PR6066.I53, 822.914 |
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Most widely held works about
Harold Pinter
- Harold Pinter by Arnold P Hinchliffe( Book )
- Harold Pinter by William Baker( )
- The Pinter ethic : the erotic aesthetic by Penelope Prentice( )
- Harold Pinter and the twilight of modernism by Varun Begley( )
- "A kind of Alaska" : women in the plays of O'Neill, Pinter, and Shepard by Ann C Hall( )
- Pinter : a collection of critical essays by Arthur F Ganz( Book )
- Sharp cut : Harold Pinter's screenplays and the artistic process by Steven H Gale( )
- Harold Pinter's The dumb waiter by Mary F Brewer( )
- The Cambridge companion to Harold Pinter by Peter Raby( Book )
- Must you go? : my life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser( Book )
- Harold Pinter by Ronald Hayman( Book )
- The peopled wound: the work of Harold Pinter by Martin Esslin( Book )
- La habitación Pinteriana : formas, límites y procesos by Francisco Maestre Montahud( )
- The Pinter problem by Austin E Quigley( Book )
- Towards a poetics of postmodern drama : a study of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard by Mufti Mudasir( )
- The theatre of Harold Pinter by Mark Taylor-Batty( )
- The life and work of Harold Pinter by Michael Billington( Book )
- The art of crime : the plays and films of Harold Pinter and David Mamet( )
- The dramatic world of Harold Pinter: its basis in ritual by Katherine H Burkman( Book )
- Modern British playwriting. voices, documents, new interpretations by Steve Nicholson( )
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Most widely held works by
Harold Pinter
The homecoming by
Harold Pinter(
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246 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 3,649 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
246 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 3,649 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
Betrayal by
Harold Pinter(
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116 editions published between 1974 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 2,292 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
116 editions published between 1974 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 2,292 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(
Book
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118 editions published between 1873 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 2,139 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
118 editions published between 1873 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 2,139 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
Pinter at sixty by
Katherine H Burkman(
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2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 1,991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 1,991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wit(
Visual
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16 editions published between 2001 and 2020 in English and held by 1,918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This HBO Films presentation chronicles the personal awakening of a longtime literary scholar (played by two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson), who learns the importance of simple human kindness when faced with the most daunting of crises: a diagnosis of advanced cancer
16 editions published between 2001 and 2020 in English and held by 1,918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This HBO Films presentation chronicles the personal awakening of a longtime literary scholar (played by two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson), who learns the importance of simple human kindness when faced with the most daunting of crises: a diagnosis of advanced cancer
The caretaker ; and The dumb waiter : two plays by
Harold Pinter(
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28 editions published between 1960 and 1990 in 3 languages and held by 1,903 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
28 editions published between 1960 and 1990 in 3 languages and held by 1,903 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
The birthday party ; and The room : two plays by
Harold Pinter(
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13 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in English and held by 1,892 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
13 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in English and held by 1,892 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
No man's land by
Harold Pinter(
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102 editions published between 1970 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,784 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]
102 editions published between 1970 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,784 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]
Landscape ; and Silence by
Harold Pinter(
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68 editions published between 1968 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 1,508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two short plays by Pinter. "Landscape" features a man and a woman in a kitchen, speaking, but not to one another. "Silence" is about a young woman and the two men she knows
68 editions published between 1968 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 1,508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two short plays by Pinter. "Landscape" features a man and a woman in a kitchen, speaking, but not to one another. "Silence" is about a young woman and the two men she knows
Other places : three plays by
Harold Pinter(
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45 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Victoria Station: Humorous exchange between a lost taxi driver and a dispatcher. 2 men, 1 setting
45 editions published between 1980 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Victoria Station: Humorous exchange between a lost taxi driver and a dispatcher. 2 men, 1 setting
Mansfield Park by
Patricia Rozema(
Visual
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30 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well
30 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well
Five screenplays by
Harold Pinter(
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39 editions published between 1970 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
39 editions published between 1970 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Proust screenplay : À la recherche du temps perdu by
Harold Pinter(
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46 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The screenplay adaptation of Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
46 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The screenplay adaptation of Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
The French lieutenant's woman by
Karel Reisz(
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97 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A woman, ostracized by Victorian society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past
97 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A woman, ostracized by Victorian society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past
Three plays : A slight ache, The collection [and] The dwarfs by
Harold Pinter(
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8 editions published in 1962 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,139 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
8 editions published in 1962 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,139 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 hothouse : a play by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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15 editions published between 1980 and 1999 in English and held by 1,136 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
15 editions published between 1980 and 1999 in English and held by 1,136 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
The birthday party by
Harold Pinter(
Book
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228 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare. 'The Birthday Party' was first presented at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, in April 1958
228 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare. 'The Birthday Party' was first presented at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, in April 1958
The dwarfs : a novel by
Harold Pinter(
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54 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,036 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Originally written in 1950, then revised and first published in 1992, "The Dwarfs" is Harold Pinter's only novel. Set in postwar Britain, "The Dwarfs" describes the intertwined lives and concerns of four young Londoners: Len, working at the Euston train station but fascinated by abstract mathematics; Mark, a sometime actor; and Virginia and Pete, a young couple trying to define their relationship amid the powerful, sometimes destructive forces at work among the four. In the evolution of this quadrilateral friendship and the strains it creates, Harold Pinter explores how ordinary lives are molded by the limitations and boundaries of sexuality, intimacy, and mortality. It is a world populated by dwarfs -- young people who have departed, only to leave emptiness. Funny, vivid, and haunting, "The Dwarfs" is a brilliantly intriguing and chillingly perceptive novel by a writer whose imagination has shaped our lives
54 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,036 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Originally written in 1950, then revised and first published in 1992, "The Dwarfs" is Harold Pinter's only novel. Set in postwar Britain, "The Dwarfs" describes the intertwined lives and concerns of four young Londoners: Len, working at the Euston train station but fascinated by abstract mathematics; Mark, a sometime actor; and Virginia and Pete, a young couple trying to define their relationship amid the powerful, sometimes destructive forces at work among the four. In the evolution of this quadrilateral friendship and the strains it creates, Harold Pinter explores how ordinary lives are molded by the limitations and boundaries of sexuality, intimacy, and mortality. It is a world populated by dwarfs -- young people who have departed, only to leave emptiness. Funny, vivid, and haunting, "The Dwarfs" is a brilliantly intriguing and chillingly perceptive novel by a writer whose imagination has shaped our lives
Moonlight by
Harold Pinter(
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38 editions published between 1993 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a dark space you can't measure, a once visceral father lies on his deathbed, looking over his life, his youth, loves, lusts and betrayals of his wife. At the same time, in another bedroom, somewhere in the same space, the man's two sons intellectually, clinically and conspiratorially speak of their relationship with their father. Side-stepping their estrangement from him, they rationalize their love-hate relationship with him and defend the distance they are incapable of closing, even when their mother calls them home. In contrast to these closed sons, is the man's daughter, the baby sister, who refuses the dourness and bridges the space between the light and dark, youth and age, and death and life. --From publisher's description
38 editions published between 1993 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a dark space you can't measure, a once visceral father lies on his deathbed, looking over his life, his youth, loves, lusts and betrayals of his wife. At the same time, in another bedroom, somewhere in the same space, the man's two sons intellectually, clinically and conspiratorially speak of their relationship with their father. Side-stepping their estrangement from him, they rationalize their love-hate relationship with him and defend the distance they are incapable of closing, even when their mother calls them home. In contrast to these closed sons, is the man's daughter, the baby sister, who refuses the dourness and bridges the space between the light and dark, youth and age, and death and life. --From publisher's description
The handmaid's tale by
Volker Schlöndorff(
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62 editions published between 1989 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 932 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 center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!
62 editions published between 1989 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 932 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 center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!
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Related Identities
- Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 Dedicatee Author Contributor
- Gale, Steven H. Author Editor
- Esslin, Martin 1918-2002 Author of introduction Author Translator
- Burkman, Katherine H. Author
- Arden, John Other Author Dedicatee
- Baker, William 1944- Author
- Albee, Edward 1928-2016 Contributor
- Hinchliffe, Arnold P. 1930- Author
- Shepard, Sam 1943-2017
- Losey, Joseph Other Performer Producer Restager Director Film editor Author Contributor
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Abused women Actors Adoptees Adultery Atwood, Margaret, Austen, Jane, Authors, English Birthday parties Brothers Country homes Cousins Despotism Drama Dramatists, English Dwarfs (Persons) Edson, Margaret, England England--Lyme Regis English drama English teachers Families Fathers and sons Fowles, John, Fraser, Antonia, Gay couples Great Britain Inmates of institutions--Abuse of Interpersonal communication Interpersonal relations Male friendship Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Married people Middle-aged persons Misogyny Motion picture plays Motion picture plays, English Older men Pinter, Harold, Play Price, Fanny--(Fictitious character) Proust, Marcel, Ritual in literature Sex crimes Tramps Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Uncles Violence--Moral and ethical aspects Women college teachers Young women
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Baron David
Baron, David 1930-2008
Bintar, Hārūld
Bintar Hārūld (1930-2008)
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter 1930-2008
Harold Pinter angielski dramaturg, pisarz, reżyser teatralny i scenarzysta
Harold Pinter angla dramisto
Harold Pinter anglický dramatik, scenárista, režisér a herec
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 britisk dramatiker og regissør
Harold Pinter Brits acteur
Harold Pinter brittisk författare
Harold Pinter drámadóir Sasanach
Harold Pinter dramaturg, poeta, guionista i actor anglès guardonat amb el Premi Nobel de Literatura
Harold Pinter drammaturgo, attore teatrale e regista teatrale britannico
Harold Pinter écrivain, dramaturge et metteur en scène britannique
Harold Pinter écrivain, dramaturge et metteur en scène britannique, prix Nobel de littérature
Harold Pinter englantilainen kirjailija
Harold Pinter engleschen Theaterschrëftsteller, Dréibuchauteur a Regisseur
Harold Pinter englischer Theaterautor und Regisseur, Literaturnobelpreisträger
Harold Pinter English playwright (1930-2008)
Harold Pinter Escritor inglés
Harold Pinter pemeran laki-laki asal Britania Raya
Harolds Pinters
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Pinter 1930-2008
Pinter, Garolʹd, 1930-2008
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Pinteris Haroldas
Pinto Harold
Χάρολντ Πίντερ
Χάρολντ Πίντερ Άγγλος θεατρικός συγγραφέας
Гаралд Пінтэр
Гаральд Пінтэр
Гарольд Пинтер
Гарольд Пінтер
Пинтер
Пинтер, Гарольд
Пинтер, Гарольд 1930-2008
Пинтер, Гарольд английский драматург, поэт, режиссёр, актёр, общественный деятель
Харолд Пинтер англиски драмски писател
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הרולד פינטר
הרולד פינטר סופר בריטי
פינטר, הרולד.
פינטר, הרולד 1930-2008
بنتر، هارولد
بينتر، هارولد، 1930-2008
هارولد بنتر
هارولد بنتر، 1930-2008
هارولد پینتر
هارولډ پينټر
ہارولڈ پنٹر
ہیرلڈ پنٹر
हैरल्ड पिंटर
हैरल्ड पिंटर नोबेल पुरस्कार प्राप्तकर्ता ब्रितानी नाटककार
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ਹੈਰੋਲਡ ਪਿੰਟਰ
હેરોલ્ડ પિન્ટર
ஹரோல்ட் பிண்டர்
హారొల్ద్ పింటర్
ഹാരോൾഡ് പിന്റർ
แฮโรลด์ พินเทอร์
ჰაროლდ პინტერი
배런, 데이비드 1930-2008
핀터, 해럴드 1930-2008
핀터, 헤롤드 1930-2008
해럴드 핀터
해롤드 핀터 1930-2008
ハロルド・ピンター
ピンター, ハロルド
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