Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born October 10, 1930) is an English playwright and theatre director. He has written for theatre, radio, television and film. His early work is often associated with the theatre of the absurd.

Film work

Pinter's first screenplay, The Servant, was written in 1962. He later wrote scripts for The Go-Between and John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, among others. He also published a screenplay based on Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, but this has never been filmed. Several of Pinter's plays have also been adapted for the cinema: The Caretaker (1963), The Birthday Party (1968), The Homecoming (1973) and Betrayal (1983).

Related Topics:
Screenplay - 1962 - The Go-Between - John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman - Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time - 1963 - 1968 - 1973 - 1983

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