A Number

Half the fun of Different Stages' absorbing production is talking about it later

"...important and insightful playwright in the same category as Harold Pinter and other writers of the 20th century who..."

May 8, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Film With Me In It

"...for killing. Like a Final Destination movie with a Harold Pinter script, the entire ramshackle edifice becomes a Rube..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

She Doesn't Look a Day Over 232

Jane Austen turns 233

"...1995's Persuasion and the sparky, protofeminist Mansfield Park (with Harold Pinter!), the definitive BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries (BBC,..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Books Gift Guide

The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6

"...may well be equally intrigued; only David Mamet or Harold Pinter would be able to approach the range of..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Harry Ransom Center: They f**king scored the f**king Mamet papers

UT's Ransom Center – which has long held to the motto, 'Always be closing' – has acquired the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet

"...Mantegna and magician/magic scholar Ricky Jay, plus letters from Harold Pinter, Mike Nichols, Steve Martin, and assorted agents, editors,..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...able in 1985 to put together a production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming with $600 borrowed from a local..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Surviving the Blacklist: Joseph Losey in Europe

Sept. 5-Oct. 10

"...as The Servant, his first collaboration with legendary playwright Harold Pinter. It's a pairing that would result in several..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Adios 2005

Top 10 Quotes of the Year

"...– British playwright Harold Pinter, accepting the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature [Dec.23..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and democracy to the Middle East.'" – British playwright Harold Pinter, accepting the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

Portraying the radical bastards of Eric Bogosian's one-man show 'Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll,' Ken Webster is a babbling bear on crystal meth

"...Like David Mamet, Harold Pinter, and Daniel MacIvor, Bogosian has become a common..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Alone Again, Unnaturally

The isolation of the lighthouse-bound old couple in Ionesco's The Chairs is supposed to be shattering, but while there are some startling images in the State Theater Company's polished and professional production, the terror of being alone takes a back seat to an effort to play the script's comedy.

"...group of contemporary playwrights -- among them Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Jean Genet, and Ionesco -- were creating works..."

July 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Tailor of Panama

"...Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter, Catherine Mccormack, David Hayman and Jon Polito. Pierce..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jean Stapleton: On Theatre

"...Cinderella at New York City Opera) to modern drama (Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party and Mountain Language, for which..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nonunion Actors: Raising It a Notch

"...a string of "three extraordinary roles" in plays by Harold Pinter last year (Betrayal, A Kind of Alaska, and..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Everyone deciding it's time to revive a bunch of Harold Pinter plays...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, Harold Pinter...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

November Previews

"...Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, Harold Pinter...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Articulations

Theatre Baby In, Theatre Out

"...then (his idea was to stage the most recent Harold Pinter play, Ashes to Ashes, with Katherine Catmull and..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Post Scripts

"...Beckett, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Joe Orton, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker and others. In the..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Books Column

Postscripts

"...Beckett, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Joe Orton, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and others. In the..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Books Column

Postscripts

"...Beckett, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Joe Orton, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker and others. In the..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Books Column

Look Back in Wonder

The British Invasion, Part One: Theatre, 1956-1996

"...Following that blazing beginning came Harold Pinter with his unsettling comedies of misdirection and cruelty,..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

A Tree for T.J.

"...the lecture Playwright as Screenwriter, focusing on David Hare, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard. David Cohen, head of Playwriting..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Arts Column

Makes Me Wanna Shout!

"...behind it, including John Osborne, Samuel Beckett, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and Caryl..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Arts Column

British Playwrights Series

"...Harold Pinter's script of John Fowles' novel about a Victorian..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature

Articulations

Bogosian Hits Talk Radio

"...low-key fundraiser this past Sunday: a salon reading of Harold Pinter's Old Times, featuring Joe York, Babs George, and..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Arts Column

Say Anything

Eric Bogosian Comes Clean

"...the words and the scenarios. Well, obviously, if you're Harold Pinter or Samuel Beckett, you can write these amazing..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Feature

The Attic Space

A husband and wife play out their decades-long marriage in this intriguing farewell from Palindrome Theatre

"...Babs George as Harriett and Ev Lunning Jr. as Harold are established pros who turn in solid, thoughtful performances...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Shining City

As with all Conor McPherson plays, the Devil is in the details

"...varying degrees, with fragmented, frequently self-interrupted half-thoughts laced with Harold Pinteresque pauses and David Mamet-like profanity. And like the..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

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