From Mansfield Park to Mojo: why Harold Pinter’s acting deserves to be celebrated

With the Pinter-penned 1963 classic The Servant back in cinemas, there's a chance to reflect on the playwright's less-acknowledged acting performances

Like an unhurried but dependable butler, The Servant is here again. It was only nine years ago that Joseph Losey's crackling psychological drama, about the shifting power games between a toff (James Fox) and his manservant (Dirk Bogarde), was last doing the rounds in cinemas. But this is not a film that ever gets old.

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