English dramatist and poet. He specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the Theatre of the
Absurd, for example
The Birthday Party (1958; filmed 1968) and
The Caretaker (1960). He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Other plays include
The Homecoming (1965),
Old Times (1971),
Betrayal (1978),
Moonlight (1993), and
Celebration (2000). His anthology
Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics, 19481998 was published in 1998.
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