The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter

　　Harold Pinter was one of the world's leading and mostcontroversial writers, and his impact and influence continues togrow. This Companion examines the wide range of Pinter's work – hiswriting for theatre, radio, television and screen, and also hishighly successful work as a director and actor. Substantiallyupdated and revised, this second edition covers the manydevelopments in Pinter's career since the publication of the firstedition, including his Nobel Prize for Literature win in 2005, hisappearance in Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape and recentproductions of his plays. Containing essays written by bothacademics and leading practitioners, the volume places Pinter'swriting within the critical and theatrical context of his time andconsiders its reception worldwide. Including three new essays, newproduction photographs, five updated and revised chapters and anextended chronology, the Companion provides fresh perspectives onPinter's work.　　Contains essays by practitioners who have worked with Pinter: SirPeter Hall (director), John Fowles (screenwriter), and MichaelPennington (actor) ? Written by a team of internationalcontributors, presenting global perspectives on Pinter ?Significantly updated from the first edition, containing threecompletely new chapters, new production photographs and an extendedchronology