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My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

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Harold Pinter
Age: 78 †
Born: 1930
Born: October 10
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
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