Harold Pinter

by Regal, Martin S.

• ISBN13: 9780312124762
• ISBN10: 0312124767
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd

Summary

Harold Pinter: A Question of Timing focuses on the ways in which Harold Pinter conceives of and dramatises time, showing that his concern with temporality extends beyond his obvious fascination with memory and into an area where time becomes relativistic. This analysis of Pinter's temporal relativity helps us to understand better how the surface naturalism of his plays is so often undermined by the specific time-frame in which his characters either speak or otherwise partake in the action. Finally, Pinter's treatment of time is assessed in the context of other major contemporary playwrights in an attempt to indicate what influence he may have had on the ways in which they represent time on stage.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Early Plays	p. 9
Radio and Television Plays	p. 39
Recreating the Past in the Present	p. 61
From the Proust Screenplay to No Man's Land	p. 87
Post-Proust	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 129
Notes	p. 139
Suggested Further Reading	p. 161
Index	p. 165
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