Međunarodni žiri, u kojemu je i frankfurtski književni kritičar Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Pintera (The Dumb Waiter, The Caretaker, Birthday Party) izabrao je između dvadeset kandidata.

The Birthday Party (Rođendanska proslava) iz 1958. isprva je doživjela neuspjeh unatoč pohvalnoj kritici u listu Sunday Times od strane vodećeg kazališnog kritičara Harolda Hobsona, ali uspješno je zaživjela nakon dobro primljene drame The Caretaker (Nadglednik) iz 1960. Ta dva djela, kao i drugi rani radovi poput drame The Homecoming (Povratak kući) iz 1964., ponekad se nazivaju " komedijama prijetnje ".

Više je Pinterovih drama dobilo filmsku inačicu: The Caretaker (1963.), The Birthday Party (1968.), The Homecoming (1973.) i Betrayal (Izdaja, 1983.).

" The Caretaker " naziv je još jednog zanimljivog uratka i priče iz SAD-a u produkciji Petrolicious.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, we understand very little about their propulsion system.

The CARETAKER: It was felt that public awareness of these projects would have jeopardized the future space program of the United States

Five (5) of the presidential briefing participants are still alive - - plus the CIA transcriber so I made the " executive "/editorial decision to MASK THOSE NAMES from public view and replace them with " ADVISER 1 " - " ADVISER 4. " For the fifth individual, he is referred to only as " The CARETAKER. " The CIA transcriber is referred to as just that.

The CARETAKER: Director, I don ' t have one with me.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, as was mentioned earlier, I must say, that this briefing has the highest classification within the U. S. government.

The CARETAKER: No, Mr President, time is very different on the Eben Planet, which, by the way, we call SERPO.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, getting back to my presentation, all of our collected information is safely contained in a number of locations

The CARETAKER: OK, Mr President, I ' ll keep this in general terms.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, I have briefed President Nixon, Ford and you.

The CARETAKER: I am sorry Mr President if I upset you...

The CARETAKER: Five (5) dead aliens and one (1) alive.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, it is called SERPO, spelled S-E-R-P-O.

The CARETAKER: Thank you, Mr President.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, these messages occurred over a period of several years.

The CARETAKER: Thank you, Mr President.

The CARETAKER: May I interrupt, Mr President

The CARETAKER: Well, Mr President, the first cooperative venture was the movie, " The Day the Earth Stood Still. " That was a cooperative venture with the United States Air Force and the movie industry

The CARETAKER: Yes, we had others.

The CARETAKER: Mr President, the alien civilization that EBE came from [ is what ] we call the Eben Society.

The CARETAKER: New Mexico is similar to the home planet of the Ebens.

The CARETAKER: Yes, Mr President, you can follow the briefing with the outline in front of you

The CARETAKER: Names, the technical names

The CARETAKER: Mr President, the first message we received acknowledged our message and asked questions about the crew of the two missing craft.

The CARETAKER: I ' m sorry Mr President, but yes, it was male.

The CARETAKER: Excuse me, may I speak

The CARETAKER: Well, Mr President, I can tell you now or we can discuss that in another briefing. As Mr Casey said, this is a complicated subject because there are many levels of compartmentalization.