Word: pinterian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pause.... Silence.... Pause.... It's Pinter at his best. Now showing at Adams Pool Theater, a capable production of The Birthday Party features splendid acting and, of course, the perennial treat of Pinterian dialogue. The show succeeds in being entertaining and often engrossing--when it doesn't attempt to put a spin on the mystery of the characters' motivations. But when director Schevey fiddles too much with the sense of the unreal intrinsic to Pinter's works, things tend to go awry...
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