Pinter, Harold (Vol. 15) - Introduction

Pinter, Harold 1930–

A major British playwright, Pinter has also written poems, short stories, screenplays, dramatic sketches, and criticism. His work is noted for its brilliant evocation of dramatic mood and tension. The superficial, banal dialogue characteristic of his plays reveals the dramatist's fascination with the limits of verbal communication. Pinter's plays have at their core a fabric of irrationality and absurdity, serving to highlight his persistent theme of the ambiguity of truth and ways of knowing. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)