In a short notice given by the prize committee on the Nobel Prize website, it was stated that the prize is awarded to the British author and playwright Harold Pinter, whose plays exposed the danger in everyday chatter and the forces behind oppression in closed rooms.
In a short announcement made by the prize committee on the Nobel Prize website, it was stated that the prize is awarded to the British author and playwright Harold Pinter, whose plays exposed the danger in everyday chatter and the forces behind oppression in closed rooms.
"The Room" is Pinter's first play. It was presented for the first time in 1960. It is a one-act play with six actors, but in none of its images are more than three present on stage. Rose is the only one on stage throughout the play, which takes place entirely in one room. Although there is no explicit division, the play can be distinguished in six images according to the entrance and exit of the characters through the front door.
The announcement of the award was delayed for about a week, during which one of the members of the committee also resigned. According to reports, the postponement was due to a dispute between committee members over the proposal to award the award to the controversial Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, who has sparked anger in Turkey following his remarks about the Armenian Holocaust.
