Complete Works : Two : The Caretaker, the Dwarfs, the Collection, the Lover, Night School, Revue Sketches
by Harold Pinter
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Read in March, 2002
recommends it for:
modern theatre fans
While the assorted shorts in this book, most notably "The Lover" are worth your time, the centerpiece of this collection - and the reason I'm giving it such high marks - is "The Caretaker", one of the highlights of modern British playwriting. People usually talk about Pinter as an intensely difficult writer, and so his work, like Samuel Beckett's, hasn't received nearly enough praise for being funny and genuinely creepy. There's really nothing here that wouldn't be accepta...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
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I feel that THE CARETAKER is Pinter's finest voice. It has been wonderful to have seen Pinter's works performed recently but haveing also seen some of Miller's work as well can nearly overshadow some of Pinter's more popular plays. While he is an entirley seminal artist I would say look into The Caretaker for extraordinary beauty and strong heartfelt movement.
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Read in April, 2008
I read only The Collection and The Lover because someone said they were funny. Harold Pinter and funny? I got to see this. Well, it's funny.... by Harold Pinter's standards but it's more scary and unnerving, hmm
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Harold Pinter is an absurdist playwright. His plays are very good and keep the reader guessing the entire time. The dialogue is very open but ends with a pow. Again, good for people who like the abstract.
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T.S.Elliot says:I measure out my life with coffe spones and in Pinter's "The lover" a modern-time story is presented.A boring life that all of us are engaged.
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