"who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"
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"There are things I remember which may never have happened but as I recall them so they take place."
All of my best to you, Harold. You deserve this. Thank you for teaching us how to look at life.
Post Script: Scholars are now categorizing Pinter's plays as "Comedy of Menace," as opposed to a variation of absurdism. This is also the category (if the title of her collected works says anything about it) in which Joan Schenkar is placed. According to the biography of Pinter on the Nobel site, comedy of menace is "a genre where the writer allows us to eavesdrop on the play of domination and submission hidden in the most mundane of conversations." The similarities between these two playwrights, each writing in their own very particular style, can be seen in looking at the description above, and how it is exemplified in, let's say, Pinter's "The Applicant" and Schenkar's Burning Desires.
Post Post Script: Pinter is retiring from writing to focus on the fight for human rights.
Post Post Post Script: Thanks for the heads up, Dawn. (I should stop only listening to NPR when I'm waking up.)
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