A Slight Ache and Other Plays

by Harold Pinter

This volume contains a selection of early works by Harold Pinter.

In the title play, everything in Flora's garden is lovely, and would be for Edward too, if it were not for the slight ache in his eyes and the mysterious matchseller at the gate.

This edition also includes A Night Out, The Dwarfs and several revue sketches.

Genres: Plays, Fiction, Theatre

136 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1966

About the author

Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.

Reviews

[David]

Very Pinteresque, he said, helpfully.

[Nomad nimrod · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didnt like it compared to his other works.

[Fishsanwitt]

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[Signor Mambrino · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be great if it didn't include 'the dwarfs'. very hard to understand if you haven't read the novel. the rest is great.