p All you have do is shut up and enjoy the hospitality. Terryp ppb pHarold Pinterb s iParty Timeb bi1991 is an extraordinary distillation of the playwright s key concerns. Pulsing with political anger, it marks a stepping stone on Pinter s path from iconic dramatist of existential unease to Nobel Prize-winning poet of human rights. p pp pG. D. White situates this underrated play within a recognisably Pinteresque landscape of ambiguous, brittle social drama while also recognising its particularity iParty Time iis haunted by Augusto Pinochet s right-wing coup against Salvador Allende s democratically elected government in Chile. This book considers the playi iand its confederate works in the dual context of Pinter s literary career and burgeoning international concern with human rights and freedom of expression.p pp pWhite contrasts Pinter s uneasy relationship with the UK s powerful elite with the worldwide acclaim garnered by his dramatic eviscerations of power.p