Poetic Obituaries: In 1985, on a PEN tour of Turkey with

Arthur Miller, he [Harold Pinter] erupted furiously at a journalist during dinner at the US Embassy. They were subsequently barred from the country, but were proud at having drawn attention to the torture of political prisoners. The experience also prompted Mountain Language (1988), a play about the suppression of minority cultures. Right wing critics regularly point to Pinter's ability to criticize the British government openly as "the most powerful rebuttal" of his politics, in Tory MP Michael Gove's words. Works like Mountain Language have, in fact, shown a remarkable astuteness. Kurdish actors in London rehearsing a revival of the play in 1996 were arrested by armed police for carrying prop weapons, and were forbidden from speaking their own language. This is the theme of the play.

from World Socialist Web Site: Harold Pinter: Independent and critical to the last
also Telegraph: Harold Pinter's funeral held in accordance with his precise plans
also Telegraph: Harold Pinter directs his own funeral
also Telegraph: Harold Pinter faces opposition to memorial in Poets' Corner

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