John Lahr: Patrick Marber updates Strindberg. Oct 26, 2009
Marber s stylization is right out of the Harold Pinter Playbook. (Miss Julie s flirtation with John in the presence of his fianc. (New Yorker)
John Pilger: Iran's nuclear threat is a lie Oct 15, 2009
" Afraid to tell it like it is?? Afraid or you are just doing your job...eheheheh... IranianRealist 05 October 2009 at 20:54 Give me a reason why West is worried about Iran's so called independence? If Iran were developing solar energy, would the west object? Mr. Pilger, are you going to take responsibility for your article? What if Iran tested a bomb in a few years just as North Korea did? Is that event consistent with your view of the world? nzlbob 06 October 2009 at 01:49 John P, I have a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
And the award for politics goes to Oct 11, 2009
In 2005, as Harold Pinter, the British writer known for his virulent opposition to Iraq war, got the award, literary observers wondered if he were chosen solely on the basis of his writings. There is the view that the Nobel literature prize often goes to someone whose political stance is found to be sympathetic at a given moment, wrote Alan Jenkins in the Times Literary Supplement, London. (India Times, India)
Who Cares Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize? Oct 10, 2009
(Exceptions are made for Frenchmen whose books are hardly known in English and Harold Pinter. I'm afraid that is true of , Herta Mller, fascinating though her life story seems to be. (Slate)
Dread is palpable in Nora Theatre production of ‘The Caretaker’ Oct 9, 2009
Over the past half-century, we ve had ample opportunity to become acquainted with the hulking menaces that Harold Pinter came to specialize in ... Play by Harold Pinter. (Boston Globe)
Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960 Oct 8, 2009
2005: Harold Pinter, Britain. 2004: Elfriede Jelinek, Austria. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Three's a crowd Oct 1, 2009
It s no coincidence that Harold Pinter s The Caretaker resembles Samuel Beckett s Waiting for Godot. The latter was a friend and mentor to the former, and in Pinter s psychological drama, we meet brothers Ast,on and Mick, who take in an old tramp named Davies. (Boston Globe)
Many fall theater productions are tied to films Sep 13, 2009
A similar challenge confronts the cast of the Nora Theatre Company s staging of The Caretaker, the Harold Pinter play that became a 1963 film in which Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, and Robert Shaw gave the performances of their careers. Mamma Mia. (Boston Globe)
Locked up inside the mind of a killer Aug 9, 2009
A: I love plays like The Glass Menagerie or Harold Pinter s The Caretaker where everything happens - intensely and vividly - within four walls. The fourth wall is removed, three walls remain and it s just you and the people living and suffering in the room. (Boston Globe)
'Bitter' theatre director aims poison pen at critics Jul 30, 2009
Bitter' theatre director aims poison pen at critics - Arts - Entertainment. The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Company One to stage ‘After the Quake’ Jul 17, 2009
Well, Fort Point Theatre Channel is sure doing that with Present Imperfect: A Gallery of Short Works by Harold Pinter, which starts tonight and runs Fridays through Sundays until July 26. It s a Gallery because the project is being staged over 20,000 square feet in the Midway Studios Theatre, 15 Channel Center St., with each play given its own dedicated space. (Boston Globe)
Michael Gambon relishes Dumbledore role Jul 17, 2009
He established himself on the stage with widely hailed performances of Shakespeare (Othello, Macbeth, King Lear) and Harold Pinter (Betrayal, The Caretaker). He was given the nickname The Great Gambon, praised for the physicality, nuance and unpredictability of his performances. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Comedy all about details for Patio director Jul 9, 2009
Colbourn's recent comedies include "It Runs in the Family" and "Plaza Suite." She's directed several comedies, but also mixes up genres, winning an Aubrey Award last year for directing the drama "Rabbit Hole." She's also directed the Harold Pinter drama "Betrayed" and the musical "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.". "I do like to mix it up," Colbourn said. (North County Times)
Critic's theater picks Jul 5, 2009
In the new Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company, three one-acts by Harold Pinter carry the cool, unmistakable tone of the master s voice. Through Aug. 2. (Boston Globe)
‘Pinter’s Mirror’ at Bernstein Theatre Jul 3, 2009
Class, identity, and miscommunication are communicated by a trio of actors in Harold Pinter s Pinter s Mirror. Shakespeare & Company presents three of the writer s one-act plays: A Slight Ache about aging, Family Voices with a theme of family dysfunction, and domination/submission threads woven through Victoria Station. (Boston Globe)
It's what you hear, not see, in 'Pinter's Mirror' Jun 17, 2009
So Shakespeare & Company has cleverly packaged three by Harold Pinter into a single two-hour program, "Pinter's Mirror." ... PINTER'S MIRROR Three one-act plays by Harold Pinter: "A Slight Ache," "Family Voices," and "Victoria Station" Directed by: Eric Tucker. (Boston Globe)
* Caretaking: no overheads and a dream location May 17, 2009
If the image of a caretaker brings to mind a creepy, solitary character from the pages of Stephen King or a script by Harold Pinter, meet a new breed who travel the world fighting rodents, loose roof tiles, burst pipes and other harbingers of second-home apocalypses. The economic crisis may have upended many peoples lives, but some intrepid souls have found that leaving the rat race X voluntarily or involuntarily X can mean living in a dream house, with mortgages, taxes and utilities already... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Does theater need to play it safe? May 16, 2009
After it became financially impossible to keep producing plays, Wheeler went on to direct at the American Repertory Theater, which championed many of the same modern masters as he did, such as Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. Things are changing next year. (Boston Globe)
Panic Attack May 11, 2009
Gut ache is how the playwright Harold Pinter described Beckett s message: A major irritation, a most stern and ruthless activity without question or answer, a three-card trick, a necessity. The necessity to what. (New Yorker)
Mamet's 'Romance' language May 8, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Don't expect a good night's sleep on this bed of nails May 5, 2009
Where Harold Pinter practised the art of silence, of pauses and what is left unsaid (think The Homecoming), Walsh's work thrives on the near impossibility of finding a space into which to squeeze another word. The father at one point describes a salesman he once knew "spinning out the patter that crackles in the air," which would be an equally apt description of his own role. (Globe and Mail)
Goodbye Dog River, hello dog-eat-dog stage Apr 4, 2009
Mamet wrote Glengarry in 1982 and dedicated it to fellow playwright Harold Pinter, who was instrumental in arranging the play's premiere at London's National Theatre. It was later nominated for four Tony Awards and in 1984 earned Mamet a Pulitzer Prize, but two-and-a-half decades later the economic uncertainty of that era resonates more strongly than ever. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Library acquires Hughes archives Mar 24, 2009
Page last updated at 07:02 GMT, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:02 UK. By Mark Savage Entertainment reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Richardson gets West End tribute Mar 21, 2009
Lights in London's theatre district were last dimmed in January as a mark of remembrance for the playwright Harold Pinter, who died in December. Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave, is currently appearing at London's Jermyn Street Theatre in a play based on the writings of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Heaney collects lifetime honour Mar 20, 2009
Other winners of the biennial award include Harold Pinter, Beryl Bainbridge, Muriel Spark and VS Naipaul. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Peter Vermilye, towering figure on Boston's financial scene, 89 Mar 16, 2009
""If you were to talk to him about current politics, his eyes would light up and he would be thrilled to talk about what was going on in the world," his daughter Dana said.As a trustee at Boston University, Mr. Vermilye chaired the university's investment committee for 35 years. With the help of his expertise, BU's endowment grew from $28 million to more than $1 billion by 2006. BU gave him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2007.He loved the theater and was chairman of the Huntington... (Boston Globe)
Producer's plans promise top billing Mar 15, 2009
He also envisages that the musical West Side Story will soon embark on a national tour and that the Harold Pinter double bill The Lover and The Collection - another of its West End hits - will have seasons in Sydney and Melbourne. "We are in expansionist mode and see Australia, South-East Asia and New Zealand as an alternative circuit to Britain and Europe. In terms of the creative culture, Australia is in an ideal position to lead It's a good market to invest in.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Shakespeare & Co. mixes old and new in '09-10 season Mar 6, 2009
2), three one-act plays by Harold Pinter; Donald Freed's "Devil's Advocate" (July 30- Aug. 16), the story of Manuel Noriega's one night of asylum in the Vatican embassy; John Patrick Shanley's "The Dreamer Examines His Pillow" (Aug. 7-Sept. (Boston Globe)
Pick of the day Feb 16, 2009
Which leads us on to one of the products of Hackney's famous artistic heritage: former East End boy Harold Pinter. In The Essay (11am, Radio 3), director Michael Colgan looks at the late writer's long-standing relationship with Ireland. (guardian.co.uk)
Robert Anderson, 91; wrote 'Tea and Sympathy,' other plays Feb 11, 2009
"Summer " and "I Never Sang" were directed by Alan Schneider, a leading interpreter of Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, and Samuel Beckett. In 1967, Mr. Anderson scored his second Broadway hit, a series of four one-act comedies (also directed by Schneider) about a playwright who is having a hard time reconciling his own prudishness with his desire to write honestly about sex. (Boston Globe)
The Voice of Artists is Vox Dei Feb 8, 2009
Though not specifically touching upon fine art, Nobel laureate Harold Pinter has spoken about this in his highly controversial Nobel lecture "Art, Truth and Politics", where he distinguished between the search for truth in art and the avoidance of truth in politics. Having liberated themselves from any interests that include market trends, artists for the most part tend to speak the truth when it comes to observing the current social and political dynamic. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Stay in touch Feb 8, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Cate Blanchett was a conspicuous absentee at the first performance of the first show of the first season. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Patinkin's playful riff on politics; and a so-so revival of Orton's 'Loot' Feb 8, 2009
London, by contrast, has seen an unexpected spread of sellouts of late, from "No Man's Land," whose box office got a boost from the death just before Christmas of its author, Harold Pinter, to "The Norman Conquests," which began slowly, only to develop (and deservedly so) into one of the hottest tickets in town. Wednesday night sees the opening of yet another go-round of "Oliver!", the perennial West End musical favorite that is boasting an advance sale in excess of 15 million, or about $22. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
