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The Peartaker: Pinter, Rudkin, and the Midlands

Harold Pinter: Histories & Legacies avatarPosted on 10th October 2017 by Catriona Fallow10th October 2017

This is the shine, the powder and blood, and here am I, Straddled, exile always in one Whitbread Ale town, Or such. Pinter, New Year in the Midlands (1950) ‘[I]n this gaudy, bawd-filled Midlands pub one even wonders if there is a glimpse of Pinter himself in “the clamping/ Red shirted boy ragefull, thudding his cage.”’ Billington, The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (1996) Ahead of the project’s first … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Influence, Legacy, Poetry, Production, Stage | Tagged Afore Night Come, Aldwych Theatre, Birmingham, David Rudkin, New Arts Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter
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