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Lecture

David Herman
The Work of Harold Pinter

Thursday 20.02.2025

Summary

Harold Pinter was one of the great Anglo-Jewish playwrights and screenwriters of the postwar period. He was hugely prolific and is best known for “comedies of menace,” such as The Birthday Party (1957), The Caretaker (1960), and The Homecoming (1965), as well as films like The Servant (1963), Accident (1967), and Betrayal (1983).

David Herman

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David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.