RIP Harold Pinter

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RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:19am

Harold Pinter has died at the age of 78, reportedly from liver cancer (he had also been suffering from esophageal cancer). The Nobel prize winner died on Christmas Eve.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7799708.stm

ETA: I've been engrossed in Simon Grey's "Smoking Diaries" over the past few months, in which Pinter played a huge part, as they were dear friends. It's interesting to see they died within months of one another.

Updated On: 12/25/08 at 09:19 AM

#2

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:29am

So upsetting. He's one of my favorite contemporary playwrights.

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#3

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:31am

Let's all take a pause to remember.

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#4

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:46am

Rest in peace, and thank you for all you've brought to the theatre.

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#5

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:48am

Good one Smaxie.
I never did like him.

RIP

#6

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 10:12am

This shocked me when I found out.

R.I.P.

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#7

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 10:45am

May he rest in peace.

keep it real up there, Pinter.

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#8

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 11:11am

RIP Harold.

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#9

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 11:28am

Rest In Peace. Roundabout's favorite. I'll for thank for allowing me to see Juliette Binoche in "Betrayal" and I'll forgive you for "Ashes To Ashes."

Peace.

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#10

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 11:36am

My mother woke me up to tell me this. I've just recently been exposed to his work, but I'm grateful for it.

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#11

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 12:52pm

Rest. [Pause.] In. [Pause.] Peace.

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#12

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 1:01pm

Lovely post Smaxie.

My sympathies to Mr. Pinter's friends and family. May he rest in peace.

#13

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 1:14pm

How can one not respect the greatest put-down of the century?

"You'd bend over for half a dollar on Blackfriars Bridge. For two bob and a toffee apple."

I use that all the time to describe people out here in Hollywood.

Gracias, Harold.

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#14

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 1:22pm

RIP Mr. Pinter.

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#15

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 2:16pm

Very glad for his legacy. RIP

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#16

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 3:23pm

I finally began to appreciate Mr. Pinter after seeing last year's Broadway production of THE HOMECOMING. May he rest in peace.

#17

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 4:31pm

RIP

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#18

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 4:43pm

Just recently introduced to his work, via the revival of the Homecoming, but my God what a wonderful play for actors!! The choices that Eve Best made in the role of Ruth... RIP.

#19

re: RIP Harold Pinter

Posted: 12/25/08 at 5:00pm

Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt. Sad Christmas, but what legacies both of them left.

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