The New World Order
The New World Order

The New World Order (1991)

The New World Order

Harold Pinter

Play script

English

Two torturers address a man who sits, blindfolded and speechless, on a chair confronting them. They discuss what they are going to do to him and assure each other that they feel 'pure' because they are 'keeping the world clean for democracy' (Esslin).

Date of Composition: 1991   Confidence Level  

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Publishers

Granta Publications on (1991)   Confidence Level  

Issue 37 (Autumn I99I): 251-254.

N/A on (April 1991)   Confidence Level  

American acting edition.

The Pinter Review on (1991)   Confidence Level  

Volume 5 (I99I): I-3.

American Theatre on (November 1991)   Confidence Level  

Vol. 8., Issue 8 (November 1991): 28-30.

Grove Press on (29 December 1993)   Confidence Level  

Appears in Party Time and The New World Order: Two Plays by Harold Pinter.

Dramatists Play Service, Inc. on (1 November 1999)   Confidence Level  

Appears in The Dwarfs and Nine Revue Sketches. American acting edition, extended version.

Characters

Des (Age: Not specified, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Lionel (Age: Not specified, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Blindfolded Man (Age: Not specified, Male)

Source: Harold Pinter: Plays 4 [2005], p. 271

Resources

Full text on Drama Online (URL)

Type: Script

External Link: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/the-new-world-order-iid-134604

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Sources

William Baker and John C. Ross's biographical history of Harold Pinter's work

William Baker and John C. Ross, Harold Pinter: A Bibliographical History (London: British Library; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005)

Bibliography

Baker and Ross provide the publication information for the play script (pp. 99-100, 52-53 and p. 272).

Martin Esslin's Pinter the Playwright

Martin Esslin, Pinter the Playwright, 6th edn (London: Methuen, 2000)

Academic book

The summary of the sketch provided above is taken, and adapted slightly, from Esslin's own description (p. 227).

Amazon Media Vendor (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dwarfs-Revue-Sketches-Harold-Pinter/dp/0822217333/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550554434&sr=1-2-fkmr1&keywords=the+dwarfs+and+nine+review+sketches+by+harold+pinter

URL

The day and month of publication for the Dramatists Play Service edition taken from vendor's webpage for the collection [accessed 19 February 2019].

Amazon Media Vendor (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Party-Time-New-World-Order/dp/0802133525

URL

The day and month of publication for the Grove edition taken from vendor's webpage for the collection [accessed 19 February 2019].