The Birthday Party [film screenplay] (1968)

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Harold Pinter

Film screenplay

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This entry is for an unpublished screenplay, adapted from or containing identical dialogue as the 1957 stage play (see 'linked works').

Stanley Webber is the only lodger in Meg and Petey Boles' rundown seaside boarding house. Over breakfast, Meg mentions to Stanley that two visitors are coming to stay for the night. Stanley immediately grows apprehensive and his fears are confirmed when Goldberg and his partner, McCann, arrive throwing the mundane lives of Stanley, Meg, Petey, and their friend, Lulu, into chaos. Meg announces that it's Stanley's birthday and, even though Stanley insists it is not, Goldberg demands a celebration which quickly descends into a disturbing nightmare.

The database entry for the film made from this screenplay can be accessed here.

Date of Composition: 1968   Confidence Level  

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The Birthday Party

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Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)

McCann (Age: 30, Male)

Meg (Age: sixties, Female)

Goldberg (Age: fifties, Male)

Petey (Age: sixties, Male)

Lulu (Age: twenties, Female)

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