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2 unusual facts about A Kind of Alaska


A Kind of Alaska

Speaking of Pauline, Deborah states, bluntly: "She is a widow. She doesn't go to her ballet classes any more. Daddy and Estelle and Mummy who is actually dead are on a world cruise. They've stopped off in Bangkok. It'll be my birthday soon. I think I have the matter in proportion" (40).

According to his note in the published text, Pinter's idea for the play was inspired by his reading of Awakenings, by the renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks (3).


Penelope Milford

In 2013, Penelope played the role of Deborah in the Harold Pinter play A Kind of Alaska at the Cocoon Theatre in Rhinebeck, New York.


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