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二次大战后的英国戏剧,以1956年公演的约翰·奥斯本的《愤怒的回顾》为转机,30年来蓬勃发展的势头一直不减,新人新作层出不穷,令欧美各国刮目相看。而品特在英国当代戏剧中所处地位尤为显赫,具有特别的重要意义。哈罗德·品特(Harold Pinter,1930—)出身于伦敦东区的一个犹太家庭,父亲是裁缝。他在战火中度过了少年时代,目睹了法西斯对犹太人的迫害,这充满敌意的世界无疑对他后来的创作思想产生了巨大影响。品特十六岁考上戏剧学校,十九岁便成为职业演员,取艺名大卫·巴隆;同时开始写诗歌和散文
After the Second World War, the British drama took John Osborne’s “Angry Review” as a turning point in 1956. The thriving momentum of the past 30 years has not diminished. The new work of newcomers emerges in an endless stream, which makes the Europeans and the United States scrutinize. Pinter’s position in the contemporary British drama is particularly prominent, with special significance. Harold Pinter (1930-) was born in a Jewish family in East London, his father is a tailor. He spent his youth in war and witnessed fascist persecution of Jews. This hostile world has undoubtedly had a tremendous impact on his later creative thinking. Pinter was admitted to the drama school at the age of 16, becoming a professional actress at the age of nineteen, entertained by stage artist David Barron, and began writing poetry and prose