The Birthday Party (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Harold Pinter
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Existential literature, Drama, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Music or musicians, Communication, England or English people, Fear, Paranoia
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Seaside town. Unnamed coastal English town. Long popular with English vacationers, many English coastal towns featured amusement parks and other entertainments, along with public beaches. Some of the smaller coastal towns gained reputations for seedy raffishness as their old seafront hotels and tourist accommodations lost much of their former grandeur due to neglect and the ravages of time. They have been satirized in a number of literary works, including The Birthday Party, which is apparently set in one of them.
Boles boardinghouse. Dilapidated...
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