Harold Pinter

“I’m convinced that what happens in my plays could happen anywhere, at any time, in any place, although the events may seem unfamiliar at first glance. If you press me for a definition, I would say that what happens in my plays is realistic, but what I am doing is not realism.” -Harold Pinter It isn’t clear what Harold Pinter wants to say in his plays. This, perhaps, is why he has become …

…Kind of Alaska, in which a woman who has been dormant for thirty odd years regains consciousness, Pinter explains in more detail who he has created, but then re-balances the scale by creating dialogue which is that much more enigmatic. Pinter is certainly realistic regarding the emotional truths of the human condition, and it is in my opinion a less important task to accurately portray the daily life of a newspaper vendor or a maid.