Harold Pinter Dies
Several news agencies are reporting that playwright Harold Pinter died yesterday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78.
New York Times — Harold Pinter, Nobel-Winning Playwright, Dies at 78
Associated Press — Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter dies at 78
The Telegraph (UK) — Harold Pinter: the most original, stylish and enigmatic writer in …
In the US, Pinter is published by Grove.
The NYT lists as his “master works” The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming and Betrayal. They are available in the following editions:
The Birthday Party and The Room
- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press; Revised edition (January 20, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802151140
- ISBN-13: 978-0802151148
The Caretaker and The Dumb Waiter
- Paperback: $13; 128 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 18, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 080215087X
- ISBN-13: 978-0802150875
The Caretaker was also made into a movie, starring Alan Bates, Donald Pleasance, Robert Shaw and Pinter himself. The DVD does not seem to be available.
The Homecoming
- Paperback: $13; 96 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 11, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802151051
- ISBN-13: 978-0802151056
The Homecoming was also made into a movie (1973), available on DVD:
- Actors: Jonathan Sachar, Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, Cyril Cusack, Terence Rigby
- Director: Peter Hall
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Number of discs: 1; $29.95
- Rating:
- Studio: Kino Video
- DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003
- ASIN: B00009MEJF
Betrayal
- Paperback: $13; 144 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 7, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802130801
- ISBN-13: 978-0802130808
Grove has also released his complete works in four volumes:
Complete Works, Volume I, 1954 to 1960
The Birthday Party, the Room, the dumb Waiter, A Slight Ache, A Night Out
Plus, two short stories; The Black and White, The Examination
- Paperback: $13.50; 296 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 18, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802150969
- ISBN-13: 978-0802150967
Complete Works, Volume II, 1959 to 1963
The Caretaker, the Dwarfs, the Collection, the Lover, Night School, Revue Sketches
- Paperback: $13.50; 248 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 21, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802132375
- ISBN-13: 978-0802132376
Complete Works, Volume III, 1963 to 1969
The Homecoming, Tea Party, The Basement, Landscape, Silence
Revue Sketches: Night, That’s Your Trouble, That’s All, Applicant, Interview, Dialogue for Three
Short Story: Tea Party
- Paperback: $14; 248 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 13, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802150497
- ISBN-13: 978-0802150493
Complete Works, Volume IV, 1971 to 1981
Old Times, No Man’s Land, Betrayal, Monologue, Family Voices
- Paperback: $13.50; 384 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 13, 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0802150500
- ISBN-13: 978-0802150509