Complete Works: One

Harold Pinter

GROVE/ATLANTIC Incorporated, 1990 - Drama - 256 pages

This is the third volume of the collected works of Harold Pinter, who is regarded by many as the foremost playwright in the English language today. Featured are The Homecoming, one of Pinter's best-known works, along with three other plays, six revue sketches, and a short story.

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Review: Complete Works, Vol. 1: The Birthday Party / The Room / The Dumb Waiter / A Slight Ache / A Night Out / The Black and White / The Examination (Complete Works #1)

User Review  - Harry Woodward - Goodreads

I first read Pinter's 'The Homecoming' for my English degree, which blew my mind with its menace and violence. After reading up on Pinter, I instantly wanted to read more of his work. The plays in ...

Review: Complete Works, Vol. 1: The Birthday Party / The Room / The Dumb Waiter / A Slight Ache / A Night Out / The Black and White / The Examination (Complete Works #1)

User Review  - Marwa - Goodreads

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About the author

English playwright, poet, and political activist Harold Pinter was born on October 10, 1930, in London's East End. From childhood he was interested in literature and acting. He studied at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Central School of Speech and Drama. Pinter was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted to film. Pinter published his first poems in 1950. He worked as a bit-part actor in a BBC Radio program and also toured with a Shakespearean troupe. Pinter has written over 30 plays, achieving great success internationally. He has also directed several of his dramas. Pinter was married to actress Vivien Merchant from 1956 to 1980, before wedding biographer Lady Antonia Fraser. From his first marriage he has a son who is a writer and musician. Pinter has won numerous prestigious literary prizes in poetry and theatre. He was awarded the Hermann Kesten Medallion for outstanding commitment on behalf of persecuted and imprisoned writers. He has been granted honorary degrees at universities in England, Scotland, the United States, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, and Greece. In 2005, Pinter received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died from cancer on December 24, 2008 at the age of 78.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Complete Works: One; Volume 1 of Complete Works, Harold Pinter; Evergreen book; Pinter, Harold Series
• Author: Harold Pinter
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: GROVE/ATLANTIC Incorporated, 1990
• ISBN: 0802150969, 9780802150967
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh