Human uses of birds with effective mimicry of birds. The play's chorus consists of characters playing many identifiable species, including the kingfisher, turtledove, and sparrowhawk; birds feature as messengers and dancers, and several Athenians are compared to specific birds. In film, birds can feature as the major driving force in a story, as in Alfred Hitchcock's acclaimed 1963 "The Birds". Loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's story of the same name, it tells the tale of sudden attacks on people by violent flocks of birds. A bird plays the role of an outlet for a person's feelings in Ken Loach's much admired 1969 "Kes".
The Servant (1963 film) of power relations away from Tony towards Barrett.' Losey's other collaborations with Pinter, "Accident" and "The Go-Between", share a resemblance to "The Servant" in that they offer the same savage indictment of the waning English class system, a theme which British film-makers had not previously explored. The soundtrack, by John Dankworth, includes the song "All Gone", sung by Cleo Laine, which is used repeatedly in the film. Folk guitarist Davy Graham makes a brief cameo playing the song Rock Me Baby. The Servant (1963 film) The Servant is Harold Pinter's 1963 film adaptation of a 1948 novelette by Robin Maugham.