Playwright, director, actor, screenwriter and poet, Pinter presents an eclectic profile that leads him to engage in multiple devices (artistic, media and textual) that enrich and make his theatrical production particularly complex. His work as an author spans a long period of time, during which it is possible to recognise an evolution that starts from a studied balance between realism and the dimension of the absurd, to arrive at a temporal horizon in which memory and recollection take on such a relative value that they continually undermine the credibility of the characters' stories and confuse the viewer's perception. This volume attempts to delve into the legacy left by Pinter's figure and work. The many contributions in the volume testify to a vitality that is still very much alive and felt with regard to a playwright, but also a director and actor, who changed the way theatre was written and thought about, together with his beloved Beckett, in the second half of the 20th century. For this reason, the volume has been divided into analytical studies on the one hand and a series of testimonies from personalities who, in various capacities and in different forms, have approached the Pinterian universe on the other. The aim is to photograph the Pinter of today and recognise the living traces of his work, which is increasingly less studied and performed in our contemporary world.
Harold Pinter. Il teatro del potere, il potere del teatro
ANNAMARIA SAPIENZA;Roberto D'Avascio
2025
Abstract
Playwright, director, actor, screenwriter and poet, Pinter presents an eclectic profile that leads him to engage in multiple devices (artistic, media and textual) that enrich and make his theatrical production particularly complex. His work as an author spans a long period of time, during which it is possible to recognise an evolution that starts from a studied balance between realism and the dimension of the absurd, to arrive at a temporal horizon in which memory and recollection take on such a relative value that they continually undermine the credibility of the characters' stories and confuse the viewer's perception. This volume attempts to delve into the legacy left by Pinter's figure and work. The many contributions in the volume testify to a vitality that is still very much alive and felt with regard to a playwright, but also a director and actor, who changed the way theatre was written and thought about, together with his beloved Beckett, in the second half of the 20th century. For this reason, the volume has been divided into analytical studies on the one hand and a series of testimonies from personalities who, in various capacities and in different forms, have approached the Pinterian universe on the other. The aim is to photograph the Pinter of today and recognise the living traces of his work, which is increasingly less studied and performed in our contemporary world.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
