The Caretaker - Play

Informationen zum Autor Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Légion d'honneur. He died in December 2008. Klappentext This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication! broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both "The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party". The Caretaker was Harold Pinter's first play to become a major success, first performed in 1960, this classic comedy established the author's individuality with an international audience. Zusammenfassung This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both "The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party".

Product details

• Authors: Harold Pinter, Pinter Harold
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.1991
• EAN: 9780571160792
• ISBN: 978-0-571-16079-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Surrealism, Modernism, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Educational: Drama & performance arts, Art & Design Styles: Surrealism & Dada, Art & Design Styles: Postmodernism