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...Homecoming, his controversial masterpiece, is acclaimed but provokes audience walkouts in London and two years later in New York (where it wins the Tony Award for Best Play, the only one of Pinter's works to be so honored...
...Pinter's first high-profile directing project, Simon Gray's Butley starring Alan Bates, is staged in London. (Pinter goes on to direct the film version three years later...
...First full-length work, The Birthday Party, is produced in London and closes after four performances. Critics are caustic, apart from the Sunday Times' Harold Hobson, who hails Pinter as a brilliant new writer...
...London premier of The Caretaker at the Arts Theatre sees Pinter's fortunes shoot skyward. Instantly successful, the play transfers to the West End and runs for 444 performances. Productions across Europe, South Africa and in New York City follow. The once-reviled The Birthday Party, starring his then-wife Vivien Merchant, is shown on British television, drawing 11 million viewers...
...Pinter's first original screenplay, The Servant, begins a fruitful collaboration with movie director Joseph Losey...