The Birthday Party Author:Harold Pinter Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He wrote his first play, The Room in 1957 while he was an actor in repertory, and completed The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party during the same year. Since then he has produced a body of work for the stage, television, and films which has given him an international reputation. In 1960 The Caretaker... more », his first big success, received both the Evening Standard Drama Award for the best play of the year and the Page 1 Award of the Newspaper Guild of New Year. His most recent play is Old Times.« less