The Room is often paired with another one of Pinter's plays, The Dumb Waiter, and in fact the two plays debuted together as part of a double-bill. Some other significant works of Pinter's include The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, and Betrayal.
Tom Stoppard is a British contemporary of Pinter's. Some of early plays include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth.