Harold Pinter : stages, networks, collaborations /
Harold Pinter : stages, networks, collaborations /
[edited by] Basil Chiasson and Catriona Fallow.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (240 pages).
- Methuen Drama Engage .
- Methuen drama engage. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Part I: (Re)situating Pinter, critical orientations -- Pinter's modernism(s) revisited: A drama reliant upon prose / The theatre of the absurd as professional network in Harold Pinter's early career / The elite Pinter and the Pinter elite / 'Too much of a modern?': Pinter's Jewishness / Pinter's connections with the Middle East / Part II: Pinter as playwright, playwrights and Pinter -- 'An insistence in my mind': Pinter's writing ethic / Beyond the mainstage: Harold Pinter at the royal shakespeare company / Theatre's dark matter: Pinter's 'staging' of systemic violence and its influence in contemporary British theatre / Faith, telos and failure: Pinter, Butterworth, Kelly / The crimpesque: Pinter's legacy in the theatre of Martin Crimp / Part III: Conversations with collaborators -- Chinonyerem Odimba -- Nancy Meckler -- Douglas Hodge -- Jamie Lloyd -- Soutra Gilmour. Basil Chiasson and Catriona Fallow -- Basil Chiasson -- Harry Derbyshire -- James Hudson -- Eckart Voigts -- Ibrahim Yerebakan -- Steve Waters -- Catriona Fallow -- Alex Watson -- David Pattie -- Maria Elena Capitani --
"This important book offers a thematic collection of critical essays, ideal for undergraduate courses on modern British theatre, on Harold Pinter's theatrical works, alongside new interviews with contemporary theatre practitioners. The life and works of Harold Pinter (1930-2008), a pivotal figure in British theatre, have been widely discussed, debated and celebrated internationally. For over five decades, Pinter's work traversed and redefined various forms and genres, constantly in dialogue with, and often impacting the work of, other writers, artists and activists. Combining a reconsideration of key Pinter scholarship with new contexts, voices and theoretical approaches, this book opens up fresh insights into the author's work, politics, collaborations and his enduring status as one of the world's foremost dramatists. Three sections re-contextualize Pinter as a cultural figure; explore and interrogate his influence on contemporary British playwriting; and offer a series of original interviews with theatre-makers engaging in the staging of Pinter's work today. Reconsiderations of Pinter's relationship to literary and theatrical movements such as Modernism and the Theatre of the Absurd; interrogations of the role of class, elitism and religious and cultural identity sit alongside chapters on Pinter's personal politics, specifically in relation to the Middle East." --
9781350133662 1350133663 9781350133655 1350133655
10.5040/9781350133662 doi
9781350133655 codeMantra
GBC136926 bnb
020119097 Uk
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Appreciation.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Influence.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.
Electronic books.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
Art appreciation.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
PR6066.I53 / Z697 2021eb
822/.914
P.B P.B
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Part I: (Re)situating Pinter, critical orientations -- Pinter's modernism(s) revisited: A drama reliant upon prose / The theatre of the absurd as professional network in Harold Pinter's early career / The elite Pinter and the Pinter elite / 'Too much of a modern?': Pinter's Jewishness / Pinter's connections with the Middle East / Part II: Pinter as playwright, playwrights and Pinter -- 'An insistence in my mind': Pinter's writing ethic / Beyond the mainstage: Harold Pinter at the royal shakespeare company / Theatre's dark matter: Pinter's 'staging' of systemic violence and its influence in contemporary British theatre / Faith, telos and failure: Pinter, Butterworth, Kelly / The crimpesque: Pinter's legacy in the theatre of Martin Crimp / Part III: Conversations with collaborators -- Chinonyerem Odimba -- Nancy Meckler -- Douglas Hodge -- Jamie Lloyd -- Soutra Gilmour. Basil Chiasson and Catriona Fallow -- Basil Chiasson -- Harry Derbyshire -- James Hudson -- Eckart Voigts -- Ibrahim Yerebakan -- Steve Waters -- Catriona Fallow -- Alex Watson -- David Pattie -- Maria Elena Capitani --
"This important book offers a thematic collection of critical essays, ideal for undergraduate courses on modern British theatre, on Harold Pinter's theatrical works, alongside new interviews with contemporary theatre practitioners. The life and works of Harold Pinter (1930-2008), a pivotal figure in British theatre, have been widely discussed, debated and celebrated internationally. For over five decades, Pinter's work traversed and redefined various forms and genres, constantly in dialogue with, and often impacting the work of, other writers, artists and activists. Combining a reconsideration of key Pinter scholarship with new contexts, voices and theoretical approaches, this book opens up fresh insights into the author's work, politics, collaborations and his enduring status as one of the world's foremost dramatists. Three sections re-contextualize Pinter as a cultural figure; explore and interrogate his influence on contemporary British playwriting; and offer a series of original interviews with theatre-makers engaging in the staging of Pinter's work today. Reconsiderations of Pinter's relationship to literary and theatrical movements such as Modernism and the Theatre of the Absurd; interrogations of the role of class, elitism and religious and cultural identity sit alongside chapters on Pinter's personal politics, specifically in relation to the Middle East." --
9781350133662 1350133663 9781350133655 1350133655
10.5040/9781350133662 doi
9781350133655 codeMantra
GBC136926 bnb
020119097 Uk
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Appreciation.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Influence.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.
Electronic books.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
Art appreciation.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
PR6066.I53 / Z697 2021eb
822/.914