Monday, 8 October 2012

The Pinter Pause

The Beautiful Creation Which is The Pinter Pause! 

"During the 1960s, Pinter became notorious–for his trademark: 'The Pinter pause. Actors and directors often find Pinter's "pauses and silences" to be daunting elements of performing his plays, leading to much discussion of them in theatrical and dramatic criticism,. Actors who have worked with Pinter in rehearsals have "reported that he regretted ever starting to write 'Pause' as a stage direction. It often lead to portentous overacting. A pause in Pinter is as important as a line. They are all there for a reason. Three dots is a hesitation, a pause is a fairly mundane crisis and a silence is some sort of crisis.

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