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English literature has always played a pivotal role in bringing forth the major happenings of the society. Very few writers have simply brought revolution in the society with their marvelous writings and Harold Pinter is one of them. With the writing tradition of spanning at almost half a century, this versatile writer has made a significant contribution in the field of writing and later his writings were also performed on stage. Screen writer and English playwright Harold Pinter was awarded with a Nobel Prize for his outclass plays and screen plays. While The Birthday Party, The Homecoming ad Betrayal had their own standing in the field of eminent plays, The Caretaker is truly one of the finest works by Pinter.

The Caretaker was first showcased in 1960 at the Arts Theatre Club London and this very production established the theatrical repute of Pinter too. Evening Standard Award was given to the play for 444 performances at Duchess Theatre . The Caretaker was the sixth play by Pinter and it harvested the mind-blowing commercial success. The Caretaker is reminiscent of Pinter’s personal experiences in life portrayed through vivid images in the play. He encountered few people in his life that he portrayed in the play as Mick and Aston. These characters played a momentous role in the play and also in the life of Pinter thus influencing his thoughts to pen them down.

The Caretaker has a network of recurrent themes and images that make it so special. The dialogues are not exactly what the characters utter rather they have very deep meanings to their words. Critics like Martin Esslin rate The Caretaker as the product of Theatre of the Absurd which was already followed by eminent writers like Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee and Jean Genet. The play has immensely grave thoughts to ponder upon and it is not easy to interpret them while witnessing the performance on stage. The thoughts keep on lurking in the minds of the audience even after the performance is over. Thus The Caretaker is a good food for thought which presents characters in a bleak and lonely world of their own.

Pinter has played with words in an awesome manner. The play has a humor in tone to a point but then that humor gets subsided into something far grave for the mature mind to interpret. And it is this point that Pinter wanted his audience to reach up to, as the integral message of the play had to start beyond that point. In three simple acts the three main characters present an engaging philosophy of life. Aston, a rationally-challenged man brings home Davies after rescuing him from the bar fight while Mick, Aston’s brother holds the responsibility of running the house. Davies announces their house as a horrible one with things in a hotchpotch manner and devoid of any discipline.

Belonging to the Theatre of Absurd , the play is vocal in terms of language and simply lacks action and plot which becomes difficult for the audience to interpret in the beginning but it grasps them intellectually for sure. Pinter suggests not relying on the dialogues of the characters but grasping the inner meaning of them. The language is either choppy and has a lot of interruptions or it is made up of long speeches comprising of trail of thoughts pouring out of the mind of the characters. The classic blend of tragicomedy, The Caretaker has marvelously exposed the elements of comedy through the monologues of the characters and one can not surely stop one self from laughing at them. It has been stated by some critics as the unanticipated potency of the family exposed in front of a stranger thus making it a farce like Beckett’s Waiting for Godot .

The Caretaker was also produced into a film by Caretaker films Ltd and Taylor Production s thus receiving very positive remarks. Not just a classical piece of literature, The Caretaker has swept the hearts of theatre goers in a breath-taking manner. This season again The Caretaker Tickets are the hottest item on sale and the crowd is just growing by leaps and bounds. You will surely not miss this glorious chance as The Caretaker has spread its news of success far and wide. Get The Caretaker tickets now and experience the journey of interpretations and supreme imagery yourself!