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#The_Caretaker by Horald Pinter Introduction of Writer Harold Pinter 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008 British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays: The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works achieved international renown as one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II dramatists. His plays are noted for their use of understatement, small talk, reticence—and even silence—to convey the substance of a character’s thought, which often lies several layers beneath, and contradicts, his speech. In 2005 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pinter’s plays are ambivalent in their plots, presentation of characters, and endings, but they are works of undeniable power and originality. They typically begin with a pair of characters whose stereotyped relations and role-playing are disrupted by the entrance of a stranger; the audience sees the psychic stability of the couple break down as their fears, jealousies, hatreds, sexual preoccupations, and loneliness emerge from beneath a screen of bizarre yet commonplace conversation. Dialogue is of central importance in Pinter’s plays and is perhaps the key to his originality. His characters’ colloquial (“Pinteresque”) speech consists of disjointed and oddly ambivalent conversation that is punctuated by resonant silences. The characters’ speech, hesitations, and pauses reveal not only their own alienation and the difficulties they have in communicating but also the many layers of meaning that can be contained in even the most innocuous statements. Themes: Isolation, Communication, Dreams, Realism, Comedy of Menace, Inner Generation Conflict Characters List of The Caretaker Davies Aston Mick Important Questions : Themes, Tragi-comedy, Absurd Play, Writer's Style, Characters Summary of The Caretaker "The Caretaker" is a classic tragicomedy play by Harold Pinter. It was first performed in 1960 and became Pinter’s first commercially successful production. The play is a study of how power, allegiance and corrupted innocence affect a lonely tramp and two brothers who he meets. It’s a typical three-act play and is Pinter’s sixth work. Pinter’s renowned for the psychological depth and focus of his plays which translates well into the theatre. For his contributions to screenwriting, playwriting, and poetry, he received the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature. He’s one of the most influential playwrights of modern times. There are three main characters—Aston, who lives in a house owned by his brother, Mick, and Davies, an older man who lives as a tramp. Aston once received electric shock treatment and the resulting brain damage leaves him isolated and looking for companionship. He’s very vulnerable to anyone looking to take advantage of his kind spirit. Mick When the play opens, Aston invites Davies home. The next day, Aston suggests Davies can stay in the flat while he goes out and runs his own errands. Davies explains himself and Aston confirms the story. However, unlike Aston, Mick recognises Davies as a potential troublemaker. Just as Davies can’t make it to Sidcup, Aston can’t finish the workshop he’s building in the garden, and Mick can’t catch the break he hopes will make him rich and comfortable. Because Aston wants him to stay, Mick finds a job for Davies Mick wants references, but this means going to Sidcup to get Davies’s identity papers, which no one seems keen on doing. However, Davies starts making fun of Aston for not doing much work and being lazy. Aston and Davies continue to fight with each other until Aston tells Davies to leave. The brothers exchange a small smile which suggests they’ll become closer after this drama. What nationality is Pinter? FRENCH GERMAN BRITISH AMERICAN Pinter's play is A TRAGEDY PART OF THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD GENRE A COMEDY ALL OF THE ABOVE The play was first performed in 1959 1950 1960 1955 Davies is a TRAMP PRISONER CRIMINAL CHARLATAN Before Pozzo leaves the first time, what does Lucky do to entertain everyone? Sings and dances Dances and thinks Cries and thinks Sings and cries Who allows Aston to receive the treatment? MICK HIS MOTHER DAVIES HIS FATHER The play is considered an example of ROMANTICISM DOCUDRAMA THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD MELODRAMA Pinter is compared to BECKETT MAMET O'NEILL MILLER