Playbill: Playwright Harold Pinter, Dramatic Master of Pause, Enigma and Menace, Is Dead at 78

Dec. 25th, 2008 10:51 am
Playwright Harold Pinter, Dramatic Master of Pause, Enigma and Menace, Is Dead at 78

By Robert Simonson
December 25, 2008

Harold Pinter, the one-time British actor who tried his hand at writing in the 1950s only to become one of the most prominent and influential playwrights of the second half of the 20th century, died Dec. 24 after a long illness, according to the Associated Press. He was 78.

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NYT: You Can Go Home Again, but You’ll Pay the Consequences

Dec. 17th, 2007 09:48 am
The NYT review of Pinter's The Homecoming :) :)

You Can Go Home Again, but You’ll Pay the Consequences

December 17, 2007
THEATER REVIEW | 'THE HOMECOMING'
You Can Go Home Again, but You’ll Pay the Consequences
By BEN BRANTLEY

First of all, it really is that good. You would expect it to have shrunk over the years, the way buildings that loomed large in your childhood seem smaller when you revisit them. But as the first-rate revival that opened Sunday night at the Cort Theater makes electrifyingly clear, “The Homecoming” is every bit as big as its reputation.

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