Harold Pinter : art, truth & politics /

In 2005 Harold Pinter, unable to attend the ceremonies, videotaped a lecture on the occasion of his reception of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech is a complex reflection on his own writing and an excoriating attack on the foreign policy of a "brutal, ruthless and scornful" United...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: More4 (Firm), Illuminations (Firm)
Other Authors: Wyver, John, Dowd, Geraldine, Kustow, Michael, David, Geri, Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: [London, England] : Illuminations, 2006.
Series:Theatre in video.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In 2005 Harold Pinter, unable to attend the ceremonies, videotaped a lecture on the occasion of his reception of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech is a complex reflection on his own writing and an excoriating attack on the foreign policy of a "brutal, ruthless and scornful" United States. He also reflects on the genesis of this plays "The Homecoming" and "Old times;" on the problems of political theatre; on the tragedy of American actions in Nicaragua; on the invasion of Iraq and on other crimes by the United States in the past half century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (46 min.) : sound, color
Production Credits:Producers, John Wyver, Michael Kustow ; director, Geri David.