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    Study Guide by Arpita Karwa

    Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

    hardly able to speak. Goldberg and McCann tell Petey


    that they are taking him to Doctor Monty. Petey is
    suspicious of their intentions. However, both men soon
    escort Stanley out of the resort. Petey shouts and says
    “Stan, don’t let them tell you what to do!” Meg returns.
    Petey tells her that Stanley is resting upstairs. The play
    ends with both talking about the birthday party last
    night.

    m
    co
    The Birthday Party is a three-act play written in 1975. It is
    one of the most celebrated works of Harold Pinter.

    Petey and his wife Meg Boles own a boarding house on


    the coast of England. Both are talking about their only

    Soon, Petey leaves for work. Meg wakes Stanley and


    prepares tea for him. She asks him about his musical
    a.
    tenant Stanley Webber and two other prospective tenants.
    w
    career. Soon, she also leaves and Lulu enters with a pack-
    age. Lulu berates Stanley for being anti-social and leaves.

    Two men McCann and Goldberg enter. Both have come


    r

    with the intention to locate Stanley. Meg returns back and


    the two men introduce themselves. Meg now looks for
    ka

    Stanley and says that it is his birthday. The two men


    suggest that there should be a birthday party. Meg guides
    them to their room and comes back to Stanley - who says
    that although it is not his birthday, he accepted the pack-
    age Lulu delivered. The package contains a drum.
    ta

    McCann and Goldberg are discussing the birthday party.


    © Copyright 2020 by Arpita Karwa Education Pvt Ltd

    Stanley tells McCann to celebrate it himself. Stanley


    attempts to vacate the resort but McCann stops him and
    pi

    says they have met before. Petey announces he can't attend


    the party as it’s his chess night. Stanley resorts to Goldberg
    and tries to convince him to be able to leave the resort.
    Goldberg changes the topic and begins a conversation
    ar

    about celebrating life.

    Meg enters the birthday party with the toy drum sent in
    the package. Goldberg and McCann enjoy the party while
    the spotlight is on Stanley, the birthday boy. Lulu joins
    them too. They decide to play a game called “blind man’s
    buff” in which one person is blindfolded and is required to
    find all the others due to which there was great commo-
    tion at the party. Stanley’s health deteriorated.

    Next morning, when Stanley comes downstairs, he is

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    Study Guide by Arpita Karwa

    Mind Map

    Petey
    Co-owner of the
    boarding house

    Wife
    Visiter
    Visiter Millamant
    Lulu Boarding
    Meg’s acquaintance and a
    visitor to the boarding house. House

    Tenants Meg
    Wife of Petey and co-owner
    of the boarding house

    Desirable and foolish


    young man

    Stanley Mc Cann Goldberg


    Protagonist of the play Jewish man hired by an unnamed
    Goldberg’s assistant organization to take Stanley
    away from the boarding house.

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