Chronology; Introduction PETER RABY; Part I. Text and Context: 1. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (1) AUSTIN QUIGLEY; 2. Pinter and the 1950s JOHN STOKES; 3. The sacred joke: comedy and politics in Pinter's early plays FRANCESCA COPPA; 4. Tales of the city: some places and voices in Pinter's plays PETER RABY; 5. Pinter and twentieth-century drama RONALD KNOWLES; 6. Harold Pinter, screenwriter: an overview STEVEN H. GALE; 7. Speaking out: Harold Pinter and freedom of expression MARY LUCKHURST; Part II. Pinter and Performance: 8. Body language in Pinter's plays RICHARD ALLEN CAVE; 9. Harold Pinter as director MICHAEL PENNINGTON; 10. Directing the plays of Harold Pinter PETER HALL; 11. Pinter in Russia CHARLES EVANS; 12. Pinter and Ireland ANTHONY ROCHE; 13. Pinter's late tapes JOHN STOKES; Part III. Reactions to Pinter: 14. Pinter's sexual politics DREW MILNE; 15. Pinter and the critics YAEL ZARHY-levo; 16. Pinter as celebrity HARRY DERBYSHIRE; 17. Pinter, politics and postmodernism (2) MIREIA ARAGAY; 18. The Pinter paradigm: Pinter's influence on contemporary playwriting STEVE WATERS; 19. Afterword: Harold Pinter and cricket JOHN FOWLES.