Brave one died after Pinter plays (8)
I believe the answer is:
intrepid
'brave' is the definition.
(I know that brave can be written as intrepid)
'one died after pinter plays' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'plays' is an anagram indicator.
'pinter' anagrammed gives 'ntrepi'.
'd' after 'ntrepi' is 'ntrepid'.
'i'+'ntrepid'='INTREPID'
(Other definitions for intrepid that I've seen before include "Afraid not" , "Fearless, adventurous" , "Fearlessly adventurous" , "Novel" , "Undaunted" .)