Harold Pinter

The Loss of the Old

Carey Perloff | Posted 05.03.2012

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Carey Perloff

Why do we assume classics are impenetrable and obsolete? Why do we imagine that an ecology that privileges "emerging artists" while all but abandoning mature ones, let alone historical ones, will have resonance in the long run?

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The Harold Pinter Play No One Knew About

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 12.26.2011

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"Some diligent detective work" has turned up a long-forgotten script by Nobel prize winning playwright Harold Pinter from the bowels of the British Li...

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Dominic West, from HBO hit series The Wire, hits London's West End!

Lily Bevan | Posted 08.22.2011

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Lily Bevan

Dominic West, of The Wire fame, is currently starring in a very different role at the Duchess Theatre.

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Theater: "Wonderlands" With A Thud; "Pinter" With A Purpose And Then You Die

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.18.2011

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Michael Giltz

WONDERLAND * out of **** BEING HAROLD PINTER ** 1/2 WE'RE GONNA DIE *** WONDERLAND * out of **** MARQUIS THEATRE The career of composer Frank Wildho...

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Curtis M. Wong

Underground Belarusian Theater Troupe Returns To New York

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 06.17.2011

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Most artists grapple with various challenges in their decision to pursue a career in the theater, from first-time audition jitters to long-term financ...

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Nobel Literature Jurors Accused Of Prize Biases

AP | By IAN MacDOUGALL | Posted 06.14.2011

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Swedish panel that awards the Nobel Prize for Literature isn't biased toward European writers or against American writers, a m...

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At A.C.T., The Family That Plays Together Doesn't Always Stay Together

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

"Home" is a loaded word. For many people it evokes memories of warmth, nostalgia, safety, and security. For others, the home in which they grew up may...

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LA's Secret Pleasures

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hoyt Hilsman

One of the secret pleasures of living in Los Angeles is its vibrant and mostly unheralded theater scene.

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Literary Prize

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Courageous and irreverent" novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi has won this year's PEN Pinter prize, which goes to a writer who -- in the words of...

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Lady Antonia Fraser's life less ordinary

Ginny Dougary | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ginny Dougary

In a frank interview, the famed writer talks about motherhood, Catholicism, her parents and soulmate Harold Pinter Lady Antonia Fraser adjusts her pe...

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Harold Pinter's Shakespearean Funeral

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harold Pinter was buried yesterday afternoon before a small gathering of family and friends at Kensal Green cemetery in London. And, if the half-hour ...

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Dead Folks

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

It's time to say goodbye to my many fellow celebrities who have foolishly neglected to survive this past year.

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Dead Children In School Uniforms In Gaza City: A Nagging Thought About 'Collateral Damage'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

I wish I could parse the politics and figure out where I stand on this shiny new conflict, but I'm stuck on its opening act.

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Pinter's 'Art, Truth & Politics'

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jan Herman

In his 2005 Nobel lecture, Harold Pinter moved from an analysis of "language in art" as "a highly ambiguous transaction" to an indictment of "political language," which is utterly unambiguous because politicians are not interested in truth but only in maintaining power.

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Harold Pinter, etc.

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew-Lee Erlbach

WILL stands in front of Harold Pinter's dead body while NIC reads the paper. WILL. Well he's dead. NIC. What? WILL. Look, there. He doesn't move...

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Pinter

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

Harold Pinter once said, "Being thrown out of the U.S. embassy in Ankara with Arthur Miller, a voluntary exile, was one of the proudest moments of my life."

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Harold Pinter: Nobel-Winning Playwright Dies At 78

AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter _ who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic ...

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Harold Pinter Does Not Deserve the Post Mortem White-Washing He Is About to Receive

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

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Johann Hari

Ever since Pinter was a teenager, he was relentlessly contrarian, kicking out violently against anything that might trigger his rage that day.

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Nobel Literature Chief Bashes American Literature

AP | MALIN RISING and HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United State...

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