The Caretaker

'The Caretaker is splendidly funny.the dialogue here is full of life and humour, meticulously and often hilariously pinning down the way people actually talk, the hesitancies, the evasions, the obsessive tricks of speech. He creates such rich demotic poetry out of improbable subjects.you don't want his characters to stop talking.' Daily Telegraph'One of the greatest of post-war British theatrical achievements.' Time Out

Harold Pinter was born in East London in 1930. He lives in London and is married to Antonia Fraser. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature; in 1996 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre; and in 1997 he was named as the Sunday Times Writer of the Year. In 2002 Harold Pinter was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. He is the author of numerous plays and screenplays, and has written poetry and fiction. In 2005, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Visit the official website

Reissued to commemorate Pinter winning the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature ' The Caretaker is splendidly funny.the dialogue here is full of life and humour, meticulously and often hilariously pinning down the way people actually talk, the hesitancies, the evasions, the obsessive tricks of speech. He creates such rich demotic poetry out of improbable subjects.you don't want his characters to stop talking.' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest of post-war British theatrical achievements.' Time Out

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