'A darkly comic masterpiece.' Daily Telegraph
'Harold Pinter remains pretty much incomparable as a playwright . . . a brilliant play.' Time Out
'A great, disturbing play.' Guardian
'Mr Pinter's terrifying blend of pathos and hatred fuses unforgettably into the stuff of art.' Sunday Times
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.
The Birthday Party was first performed in 1958 and is now a modern classic, produced and studied throughout the world. This edition was published to coincide with a revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2018, ten years after the playwright's death, and includes the full, reset text.
| ISBN: | 9780571346899 |
| Publication date: | 4th January 2018 |
| Author: | Harold Pinter |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
'A darkly comic masterpiece.' Daily Telegraph'Harold Pinter remains pretty much incomparable as a playwright . . . a brilliant play.' Time Out'A great, disturbing play.' Guardian'Mr Pinter's terrifying blend of pathos and hatred fuses unforgettably into the stuff of art.' Sunday TimesStanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.The Birthday Party was first performed in 1958 and is now a modern classic, produced and studied throughout the world.
The Birthday Party features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
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The Birthday Party was written by Harold Pinter and published by Faber & Faber
The Birthday Party has 192 pages