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A 69-year-old man sits alone on his birthday and listens to his taped memoirs, particularly those recalling past loves. Harold Pinter's performance at the Royal Court Theatre of Samuel Beckett's one-act play, which focuses on mortality, creativity and memory and chronicles a tussle between present and past
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Harold Pinter
(Actor)
.. Krapp
Richard Fell
(Producer)
Ian Rickson
(Director)
Alan Yentob
(Executive producer)
Samuel Beckett
(Writer)
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Did You Know..
Harold Pinter
(Actor)
.. Krapp
Born:
October 10, 1930
in
London
Best Known For:
His numerous acclaimed plays.
Early-life:
Harold Pinter was born in Hackney, London, on October 10, 1930. He came from a working-class background and was raised in a Jewish household. He claimed being exposed to anti-Semitism at a young age influenced his work. He was evacuated during the Second World War and became hooked on acting in his teens. He studied at Rada and the Central School of Speech and Drama during the late 1940s and early 1950s, around the same time he published his first poems.
Career:
Pinter took the stage name David Baron, and worked as an actor in repertory theatre across the UK. He began writing plays in the late 1950s, but didn't become acclaimed until 1960's The Caretaker received rave reviews. After that he never looked back. He directed various productions and wrote numerous screenplays, gaining Oscar nominations for Betrayal (1978) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). He also acted in such films as Mansfield Park (1999) and The Tailor of Panama (2001), as well as TV series The Troubleshooters. Apart from The Caretaker, his other best-known plays were The Birthday Party, The Homecoming and Betrayal. He died from liver cancer on December 24, 2008 at the age of 78.
Quote:
'Cricket is the greatest thing God ever created on Earth. Certainly greater than sex - although sex isn't bad either.'
Trivia:
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
Richard Fell
(Producer)
Ian Rickson
(Director)
Alan Yentob
(Executive producer)
Born:
March 11, 1947
in
London
Best Known For:
His stint as a BBC TV executive.
Early-life:
Born in London on 11 March, 1947. He and his non-identical twin brother, Robert, who went on to run the family textile business, boarded at the King's School, Ely. Alan passed his A-levels at 16, and left school for spells in France at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Grenoble University before studying law at Leeds University. He made his first foray into TV as a general trainee in 1968, taking his first job in the BBC World Service. In 1978, he created the mould-breaking arts series Arena, and was the programme's editor until 1985. During this time, Arena produced a number of influential documentaries including The Private Life of The Ford Cortina and My Way.
Career:
In 1985, Yentob became the BBC's Head of Music and Arts and stayed in the post until 1988, when he was appointed Controller of BBC Two. Under Yentob's five-year stewardship, he introduced many innovations in programming including The Late Show, Have I Got News For You, Absolutely Fabulous and Wallace and Gromit's The Wrong Trousers. He was appointed Controller of BBC One in 1993 and worked at the BBC under the title of Creative Director until he resigned in 2015. He has fronted the Imagine strand, the BBC's answer to the South Bank Show, since 2003.
Quote:
'The relationship between TV and film is a very potent one. It's extraordinary how much British talent there is.'
Trivia:
He is a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables children to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.
Samuel Beckett
(Writer)
