Using the Harold Pinter Collection held at the British Library, this article investigates Harold Pinter’s 1989 screenplay and television film of Elizabeth Bowen’s 1949 novel The Heat of the Day. It argues for the detailed and direct ways in which Pinter used Bowen’s language and dialogue to convey the complexities of wartime London. However, it also suggests that Pinter’s adaptation deliberately excludes elements of women’s experiences of the Second World War in favour of a more masculinised presentation of war and the spy genre.

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哈罗德品特和伊丽莎白鲍恩：战争中的男人和女人

本文使用大英图书馆收藏的哈罗德品特收藏，调查了哈罗德品特 1989 年的剧本和伊丽莎白鲍文 1949 年小说“白天的炎热”的电视电影。它论证了品特使用鲍文的语言和对话来传达战时伦敦的复杂性的详细而直接的方式。然而，这也表明品特的改编刻意排除了女性在第二次世界大战中的经历的元素，以支持更男性化的战争和间谍类型的呈现。