by Harold Pinter · Faber And Faber Ltd. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571160785
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«The Birthday Party» is the play by Harold Pinter, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Stanley Webber, a guest at a boarding house, receives a visit from two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. What seems like an innocent birthday party becomes an oppressive and surreal evening: everyday conversations hide threats, language becomes a weapon, and Stanley's identity crumbles.
«The Birthday Party», premiered in 1958, is a modern classic of theatre and belongs to the Faber Drama series.
A reference piece for theatre enthusiasts and for students of literature and dramaturgy, commonly read in study programs.
Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that 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 for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
