Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): Harold Pinter and the Theatre of Menace
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Gender in British Theatre: From Modern Drama to Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming

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  • Leanna Niesen
Harold Pinter

Published 2024-04-29

Keywords

  • gender,
  • sex,
  • power,
  • modern drama,
  • masculinity

How to Cite

Niesen, L. (2024). Gender in British Theatre: From Modern Drama to Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 1(2). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/33

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Abstract

Like modern dramatists Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Harold Pinter challenges traditional family structures and male structures of authority within his writing. However, Pinter’s deep understanding of power allows  him to stage gender conflict in a more nuanced way than his predecessors. 

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