1st Edition
Harold Pinter's Shakespeare Shakespeare's Influence on the Work of Harold Pinter
By Charles Morton
Copyright 2023
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book charts the impact of Shakespeare’s works on Harold Pinter’s career as a playwright.
This exploration traces Shakespeare’s influence through Pinter’s pre-theatre writings (1950-1956), to his collaboration with Sir Peter Hall (starting properly at the RSC in 1962 and continuing until 1983), and a late, unpublished screenplay for an adaptation of The Tragedy of King Lear (2000). Adding... Read more
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1: Becoming Harold Pinter
3. Chapter 2: The director of my dreams
4. Chapter 3: Pinter’s Lear
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
Index
Biography
Charles Morton is a Lecturer in English Literature and Theatre at Wroxton College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, UK. His previous academic positions include appointments at Birmingham City University, Brunel University London, Newman University and the University of Birmingham. He earned a PhD in Shakespeare Studies from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham.
