The Birthday Party- Harold Pinter

The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter My second play, The Birthday Party, Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally  destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.  - Harold Pinter

Created by: Christian Rios

Who is Harold Pinter? His 

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Life:

Born: Oct. 10, 1930 Hackney, East London, England Died: Dec. 25, 2008 West London, England

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playwright, screenwriter, actor, actor, theatre director directo r, political activist and poet Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Literature

What kind of man was he? I don't give a damn what other peo eop ple think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other peo eop ple. -interview, Dec. 1971  The past is what you remember, imagine you remember reme mber,, convince yourself you remember remem ber,, or pretend you rememb re member er.. 

I tend to think that cricket cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either  This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. die . I was so struck by this statement. 

Absurdist French

Dramatic Movement

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late 1940s - 1960s

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Martin Esslin

Theater

Pinter "T "The Homecoming"

The Birthday Party

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