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The Birthday Party

play written by Harold Pinter
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Summary

The Birthday Party is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,421 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Harold Pinter[3]
  • Commons category: The Birthday Party (play)[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Country of origin: England[6], United Kingdom[7]
  • Publication date: 1958[8]
  • Characters: Petey[9], McCann[10], Stanley[11], Meg[12], Lulu[13], Goldberg[14]
  • Title: The Birthday Party[15]
  • Form of creative work: play[16]

Why It Matters

The Birthday Party has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

England Harold Pinter literary work United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → play
    Language of work or name → English
    Country of origin → England, United Kingdom
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: c76fd367-a5d9-4c74-a89f-fdf8a76cdfc2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
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