Cringe Histories: Harold Pinter and the Steptoes by Jonathan Bignell

“…The article links the play that made Pinter’s reputation, <i>The Birthday Party</i>, to dramatic tropes and social commentary identified in <i>Steptoe and Son</i> and in other British sitcoms with cringe elements. The analysis not only discusses relationships between the different dramatic works on stage and screen but also pursues some of the other connections between sitcom and Pinter’s drama via networks of actors and contemporaneous discourses of critical commentary. …”
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