We all know that the first on stage performances of Harold Pinter’s plays were torn to shreds by the critics. Except for rare exceptions, everybody wrote that he was eccentric and untalented and that it was impossible to understand his works. Who knows…maybe the critics themselves started to use the term “Pinteresque”, that is today
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And Pinter said “no” to Hercule Poirot!
He is known as TV’s longest-surviving Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective born of the fervid imagination of Agatha Christie. David Suchet is actually a very intelligent, versatile and refined actor, in the movies, on television and also in the theater. Born in London in 1942 Suchet has been passionate about theatre since an early
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Pinter on Screen
At BFI Southbank of London, on the 1st of July the review “Pinter on Screen: Power, Sex & Politics” will start. It will celebrate Harold Pinter ’s significant contribution to movies and television, on the 10th anniversary of his death. The event, curated by Michael Billington, famous theater critic of The Guardian and also Harold
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On stage with Spandau Ballet
They made musical history selling over 25 million records worldwide. Renowned British band Spandau Ballet, conquered the charts in the 1980s with hits such as “Through the barricades”, “True”, “Only when you leave”, “I’ll fly for you” and continues to conquer generations of fans still today. All right but… how are Spandau Ballet connected to
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Harold Pinter at the Spoleto Festival
“The year I worked on La Recherche was the best year of my life”. With these words Harold Pinter often remembered the period when he threw himself head over heels in the script of Marcel Proust’s masterpiece. It was the beginning of 1972 when Joseph Losey, who had already worked with the Nobel laureate in
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the prestigious PEN Pinter 2018 prize
The award, launched in 2009 in Pinter’s memory which in the past has been conferred to authors such as Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Tom Stoppard, is attributed every year to a writer from England, Ireland or a country belonging to the Commonwealth. As Harold declared is his Nobel acceptance speech, the “award casts an
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Sorry Sir McKellen!
The general public knows him as Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings” and Magneto in the “X-Men” trilogy. In the real world, Sir Ian McKellen, born 1939, is one of the greatest Shakesperean actors alive, with a career spanning 50 years and spent mainly on the stage. McKellen took his first steps in the world
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Harold Pinter and Philip Roth: the happy Seventies
A few days after the death of Philip Roth, an article by Lady Antonia Fraser appeared on “The Times” remembering the friendship between Harold Pinter and the American novelist, author of works such as “American Pastoral” and “Portnoy’s Complaint”. Pinter’s widow defines this a “magical period” . It was the Seventies and Harold Pinter had
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Happy Birthday Old Vic
One of the best-known and loved theaters in the world has turned two hundred years old and the prestigious British newspaper, The Indipendent, has listed Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” (1975) as one of the eight fundamental productions in the history if this legendary venue which still today continues to attract the best creative talents
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Pinter at the Pinter
Twenty works by the British playwright Harold Pinter will be performed at the London theatre named after him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death on Christmas eve 2008. The unprecedented event will take place between September 6th 2018 and February 23rd 2019 at the Harold Pinter Theatre under the artistic guide
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