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‘The Birthday Party 
Scene’ 
Name: Saryu D. Baraiya 
Subject: The Modernist 
Literature [Paper – IX] 
Roll No: 25 
Study: M.A. 
Year: Semester- III 
Submitted to: Department of 
English 
University: Maharaja 
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar 
University 
saryubaraiya93@gamil.com
‘The Birthday Party Scene’ 
Harold Pinter 
 Born: 10th October, 1930 
 Profession: Play writer, 
Screenwriter, Actor, Theater 
director, Poet 
 Nationality: British 
 Nobel Prize winner in 2005 
 His Most Famous works: No 
Man’s Land, The Birthday 
Party, Betrayal, 
 His career begin with the 
play, ‘The Room’ 
 Died: 24th December, 2008
‘The Birthday Party Scene’
‘The Birthday Party Scene’ 
Actual ‘The Birthday Party’
‘The Birthday Party Scene’ 
 The Modern play 
 The absurd play 
 First performed: 28th April, 1958 
 Three Acts: 
Act - I 
Act - II 
Act - III
‘The Birthday Party Scene’ 
Characters in ‘Act – II’: 
 Stanley Webber 
 Meg Boles 
 Petey Boles 
 Lulu 
 Goldberg 
 McCann
‘The Birthday Party Scene’ 
Stanley’s 
Birthday 
party 
Stanley 
denies for 
it 
Game: 
‘Blind 
men’s 
buff’ 
Darkness 
in the 
room 
Lulu’s 
rape 
Lulu’s 
cries
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The Birthday Party

  • 1. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’ Name: Saryu D. Baraiya Subject: The Modernist Literature [Paper – IX] Roll No: 25 Study: M.A. Year: Semester- III Submitted to: Department of English University: Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University saryubaraiya93@gamil.com
  • 2. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’ Harold Pinter  Born: 10th October, 1930  Profession: Play writer, Screenwriter, Actor, Theater director, Poet  Nationality: British  Nobel Prize winner in 2005  His Most Famous works: No Man’s Land, The Birthday Party, Betrayal,  His career begin with the play, ‘The Room’  Died: 24th December, 2008
  • 4. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’ Actual ‘The Birthday Party’
  • 5. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’  The Modern play  The absurd play  First performed: 28th April, 1958  Three Acts: Act - I Act - II Act - III
  • 6. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’ Characters in ‘Act – II’:  Stanley Webber  Meg Boles  Petey Boles  Lulu  Goldberg  McCann
  • 7. ‘The Birthday Party Scene’ Stanley’s Birthday party Stanley denies for it Game: ‘Blind men’s buff’ Darkness in the room Lulu’s rape Lulu’s cries