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The Birthday Party by Harold
PinterPrepared and Presented by
Parth BhattRoll no. 2, Sem. I,
P.EC - 301: Modernist Literature,Dept. of English, Bhavnagar
Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008)
O Born in LondonO WW-II bombingO Evacuate the placeO Out spoken manO Playwright, Poet,
Actor, Screen Writer, and Theater Director
O In 2005 won The Noble Prize in Literature
The Birthday Party (1958)
O The CharactersO Plot OverviewO Genre
O Comedy of MenaceO Theatre of Absurd
O SymbolsO Reading NewspaperO TeaO Blind man’s buff
O Style of PinterO Effective use of
Pause and Silence – Pinteresque
Suggestions or Questions?
The presentation is submitted to Dept. of English, Bhavnagar