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Book SynopsisMark Taylor-Batty is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Workshop Theatre, School of English, University of Leeds, UK. He is co-author with Juliette Taylor-Batty, of
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (Continuum, 2009), has authored two further books on Harold Pinter's writings, and is co-series editor with Enoch Brater of Methuen Drama's Engage series.
Trade Review[
The Theatre of Harold Pinter] offers some valuable original insights and its close analysis of the development of Pinter's dramatic themes and aesthetics will be informative to students and general readers alike. -- D. Keith Peacock * Studies in Theatre and Performance *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Invasion and Oppression 2. The Company of Men and the Place of Women 3. Present Continuous, Past Perfect 4. The Impossible Family 5. Politics and the Artist as Citizen 6. Critical Perspectives: The Curse of Pinter, by Harry Burton Revisting Pinter's Women, by Ann Hall Pinter's Memory Plays of the 1970s, by Chris Megson Pinter’s Political Dramas: Staging Neoliberal Discourse and Authoritarianism, by Basil Chiasson Notes Index Notes on Contributors
