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Informationen zum Autor Peter Raby is Vice Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge. Klappentext Updated edition of this popular Companion examining the wide range of Pinter's work! and his continuing impact and influence. Zusammenfassung This updated Companion covers all developments in the successful career of Harold Pinter since the publication of the first edition! including his 2005 Nobel Prize win and his appearance in Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape. Substantially updated! the volume contains new chapters and production photographs! and an extended chronology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction PETER RABY; Part I. Text and Context: 1. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (1) AUSTIN QUIGLEY; 2. Pinter and the 1950s JOHN STOKES; 3. The sacred joke: comedy and politics in Pinter's early plays FRANCESCA COPPA; 4. Tales of the city: some places and voices in Pinter's plays PETER RABY; 5. Pinter and twentieth-century drama RONALD KNOWLES; 6. Harold Pinter, screenwriter: an overview STEVEN H. GALE; 7. Speaking out: Harold Pinter and freedom of expression MARY LUCKHURST; Part II. Pinter and Performance: 8. Body language in Pinter's plays RICHARD ALLEN CAVE; 9. Harold Pinter as director MICHAEL PENNINGTON; 10. Directing the plays of Harold Pinter PETER HALL; 11. Pinter in Russia CHARLES EVANS; 12. Pinter and Ireland ANTHONY ROCHE; 13. Pinter's late tapes JOHN STOKES; Part III. Reactions to Pinter: 14. Pinter's sexual politics DREW MILNE; 15. Pinter and the critics YAEL ZARHY-levo; 16. Pinter as celebrity HARRY DERBYSHIRE; 17. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (2) MIREIA ARAGAY; 18. The Pinter paradigm: Pinter's influence on contemporary playwriting STEVE WATERS; 19. Afterword: Harold Pinter and cricket JOHN FOWLES.
