The Birthday Party (1957)

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1968
gptkbp:author gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkbp:character_motivation Goldberg’s need for control
Mc Cann’s loyalty to Goldberg
Stanley’s fear of the unknown
gptkbp:character_relationships Goldberg and Mc Cann
Stanley and Lulu
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_impact performed worldwide
studied in drama schools
influenced playwrights
adapted into various languages
inspired academic analysis
gptkbp:director gptkb:William_Friedkin
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Lyric_Hammersmith
gptkbp:genre gptkb:drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Birthday Party (1957)
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Theater_of_the_Absurd
gptkbp:influenced modern drama
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:Freud
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:Goldberg
gptkb:Lulu
Mc Cann
gptkbp:notable_production gptkb:Royal_Court_Theatre
gptkbp:notable_quote “ It’s all a matter of time.”
“ I’m not a man.”
“ We are all in the same boat.”
gptkbp:original_language English
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1957
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_and_Other_Plays
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:1968
gptkbp:revival 2018 revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre
gptkbp:setting a seaside boarding house
gptkbp:style absurdist
gptkbp:symbolism the concept of reality
the arrival of strangers
the birthday party
gptkbp:thematic_element loss of identity
existential dread
absurdity of life
gptkbp:theme gptkb:power
gptkb:identity
fear
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3