Friday, December 26, 2008

Harold Pinter dies on Christmas Eve 2008















Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who had cancer, died on Christmas Eve aged 78.

He wrote more than 30 plays including The Caretaker and The Birthday Party. His film scripts include The French Lieutenant's Woman.

His style was so distinctive, "Pinteresque" entered the Oxford English Dictionary.

more at http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/12/25/harold_pinter_nobel_winning_playwright_dead_at_78/

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