Harold Pinter's 'The Birthday Party': A Social Drama of Human Dilemma.

Harold Pinter is undoubtedly the most significant British playwright of our era. In the 20th
century, living under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust, men’s faith in all accepted values
and institutions had been shaken. He has lost faith in god, family, society, government or
even in himself. Having lost its centre, human life has become peripheral and relative. Hence
alienation from God and society has become the dominate theme of 20th centuryliterature.