In praise of... Harold Pinter

The award of the Nobel literature prize to our grandest and grouchiest playwright is cause for celebration. It is a triumph for the theatre culture of Britain, which has been somewhat out of…

Critic's view<br> A gulf in appreciation by Michael Billington

Harold Pinter's surprise 75th birthday present

Though feted in the UK, the award has angered the political right in America.

'They said you've a call from the Nobel committee. I said, why?'

Harold Pinter in his own words

'In Pinter you find expressed the great struggle of the 20th century - between primitive rage on the one hand and liberal generosity on the other'

Harold Pinter was yesterday awarded the Nobel prize for literature. For once, says David Hare, the committee has got it exactly right