In 1958 the British theatre critic Irving Wardle, later to become the revered reviewer for The Times, wrote an essay entitled “Comedy of Menace,” in which he identified a group of playwrights devoted to raising laughs by raising chills, for purposes satirical, metaphysical, or both. His prize exhibit was Harold Pinter, whose only full-length play ...
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 08:00PM on August 15, 2011