He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film, and directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as " memory plays". His early works were described by critics as " comedy of menace". His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980.
In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. Harold Pinter CH CBE ( / ˈ p ɪ n t ər/ 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. From the BBC programme Front Row Interviews, 26 December 2008.
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