The Hothouse

The Hothouse
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1980
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802136435

Dramatically depicts a government mental institution, ostensibly run to help the mentally ill, that is caught up in corruption and an ironic disregard for human life.

Complete Works

Complete Works
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1990
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802150493

Harold Pinter has long been acknowledged as one of the most influential playwrights in contemporary theatre: his arresting and original works have left a lasting imprint on the development of the stage and screen while delighting audiences around the world.

Complete Works, Volume I

Complete Works, Volume I
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0802192076

Harold Pinter has long been acknowledged as one of the most influential playwrights in contemporary theatre; his arresting and original works have left a lasting imprint on the development of the stage and screen while delighting audiences around the world. This, the first of four volumes, contains his first five plays, including The Birthday Party (1958), his first full-length drama; as well as two short stories—"The Black and White" and "The Examination"—both written before Pinter turned to the theatre. Pinter's exacting and complex use of language and the features that mark his "comedies of menace" are clearly realized in these plays and stories. His speech "Writing for the Theatre" introduces the volume and establishes the context for those early years. Includes: The Birthday Party The Room The Dumb Waiter A Slight Ache A Night Out "The Black and White" "The Examination" "Writing for the Theatre"

Complete Works

Complete Works
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1990
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802150509

This work collects some of the author's most famous writings, including plays, short stories, and essays.

Complete Works

Complete Works
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0802192246

Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter holds an undisputed place in the front ranks of contemporary dramatists. In volume two of his collected works, the plays and revue sketches mark a period of transition, as Pinter’s characters and settings become more recognizably realistic, in contrast to the absurdist atmosphere of his earlier work. The Caretaker, which first brought him fame on both sides of the Atlantic, was called “a play of strangely compelling beauty and passion” by Howard Taubman of The New York Times. An essay by Pinter, “Writing for Myself,” introduces this collection. Includes: The Caretaker The Dwarfs The Collection The Lover Night School Trouble in the Works The Black and White Request Stop Last to Go Special Offer “Writing for Myself”

The Hothouse

The Hothouse
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1980
Genre: Asylums
ISBN: 9785103113956

Complete Works

Complete Works
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2014-12-23
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0802192254

Collects some of the author's most famous writings, including plays, short stories, and essays.

Celebration

Celebration
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1999
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802137081

Jack Kroll in Newsweek has called Harold Pinter "the most fascinating, enigmatic and accomplished dramatist in the English language." Since his first full-length play, The Birthday Party (1958), and continuing with The Homecoming (1965), Pinter has trained a sharp eye on the strange dynamics of modern family life. In his newest play, Celebration, he continues to examine the darker places of relationships. Celebration is an acerbic portrait of a sated culture choking on its own material success. Startling, full of black humor and wicked satire, Celebration displays a vivid zest for life. Also included in this volume is Pinter's classic play The Room. Both plays are invested with the elements that make Pinter's work unique: the disturbingly familiar dialogue, subtle characterization, and abrupt mood and power shifts among characters, which can be by turns terrifying, moving, and wildly funny.