All the characters in The Caretaker have wonderful, passionate, eerie solos and Christopher Morahan's production expertly presents their manoeuvrings... more
I measure out my entire theatre-going life in terms of Harold Pinter. For I owe my passion for the stage and the enthralling, emotional impact it has had upon me to the spell Pinter's plays began to cast upon me when I was just into my teens. ... more
The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man’s Land directed by the wünderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.... more
Is nothing sacred? Children's novelist Jacqueline Wilson had her latest bestseller My Sister Jodie removed from Asda shelves after a complaint about the use of the word "twat" in the text... more
Birthday Party was the best thing Richard Godwin has seen in ages — and doubly moving for the presence of the playwright himself in the audience.... more
A shocking, triumphant return for Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party almost 50 years since every theatre critic but one poured scorn and worse upon it.... more
Harold Pinter's The Hothouse at the National engenders a beguiling sense of surprise and novelty and bristles with unease and menace, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Harold Pinter casts a rare, revealing eye on adultery and its companion, mendacity, in Betrayal, his indelibly fine account of a triangular love affair in Seventies literary London.... more
There's a rare opportunity to meet the famous playwright Harold Pinter this Thursday when he makes an appearance at a charity poetry reading at Mansion House.... more
The explosion of interest in Harold Pinter plays has reached a new level with the Donmar Warehouse announcing a revival of adultery drama Betrayal.... more
Nicholas de Jongh was pleased to discover Harold Pinter's 1957 black comedy The Dumb Waiter - starring Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs - has lost none of its potency.... more
Actors frequently playing at the top of their exaggerated voices did little to show the Harold Pinter sketches in Pinter's People to good advantage, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Harold Pinter winds down his amazing dramatic career with a swansong performance in Krapp's Last Tape that will be written up in theatrical history.... more
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