The Caretaker
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Theater & Shows |
The Nora brings to life The Caretaker in celebration of the recently deceased Harold Pinter, who has been described as “the most original, disturbing, and arresting talent” and “the most influential, provocative, and poetic dramatist of his generation.” Pinter’s masterful use of dialogue and subtle blending of tragedy and comedy made The Caretaker his first commercial success, a turning point in a career that would ultimately span more than five decades. All told, Pinter authored more than 30 plays and dozens of screenplays and teleplays. He was also a director and an actor, sometimes for his own work but often for others’, including memorable roles in the1999 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park and a sold-out 2006 run of Samuel Beckett’s one-man play, Krapp’s Last Tape, while he was battling cancer. Pinter considered Beckett a friend and mentor, and his own influence on a younger generation of playwrights, including David Mamet in the United States and Patrick Marber and Jez Butterworth in his native England, is clear. Leading British theater away from drawing room gentility in the 1950s, Pinter explored the tense but often darkly comedic underpinnings of interpersonal and political power plays. A pacifist and conscientious objector, he became more politically outspoken in his later plays, as well as in his 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. In continued exploration of the distinguished life of Harold Pinter, audiences will have the opportunity to discuss the play with special guests and the artists after select performances of The Caretaker.
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Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM with matinees on Sundays at 2 PM
| COST | ↑ top |
$35; $25 for seniors; $20 for students with a valid ID, and $15 for student rush(day of performance)
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
centralsquaretheater.org/season/09-10/caretaker.html
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
450 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139 map
Phone: (617) 576-9278 x
Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge
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