Harold Pinter, Master of the Pause, Had an Unmistakable Sense of Rhythm

NYTimes.com: "The death of Harold Pinter on Christmas Eve brings to an end his particular kind of classical drama. His plays consist largely of scenes in which the characters talk without moving. You hang on every word, and consequently the works acquire a kind of tension that recalls the tragedies of Racine (otherwise so different in tone). And yet this tension exists partly because the words in a Pinter play never yield all of the work’s meanings. Not a single word is difficult or highfalutin, and yet there is much that is hard to comprehend. Ultimately, each play is about what the characters are unable to express."