{"product_id":"book-zj7f","title":"The birthday Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1957) is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter, first published in London by Encore Publishing in 1959.[1] It is one of his best-known and most frequently performed plays.[2]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the setting of a rundown seaside boarding house, a little birthday party is turned into a nightmare when two sinister strangers arrive unexpectedly. The play has been classified as a comedy of menace, characterised by Pinteresque elements such as ambiguous identity, confusions of time and place, and dark political symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePinter began writing \u003cem\u003eThe Birthday Party\u003c\/em\u003e in the summer of 1957 while touring in \u003cem\u003eDoctor in the House\u003c\/em\u003e. He later said: \"I remember writing the big interrogation scene in a dressing room in Leicester.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50464921682224,"sku":"BDzj7f","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/zj7f-cover.jpg?v=1766555386","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-zj7f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}