Harold Pinter and the Absurd Theatre

The present book has as many as four chapters. Chapter 1 “The Absurd Theatre” is about the history of the western absurd theatre. Chapter 2 “The Absurd in Harold Pinter’s Early Plays” analyses Pinter five early plays The Room, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache, because of the similarities of the plays. Chapter 3 “The Absurd in Harold Pinter’s Later Plays” analyses The Homecoming, Landscape, Old Times, No Man's Land and Betrayal. Chapter 4 “Adaptations and Screenplays of Harold Pinter’s Plays” is a critical survey of the adapted plays. The latter part of the chapter examines Pinter’s screenplays.