This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the ... more
breakdown of communication broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both "The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party".
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Advantages: Well written Disadvantages: Quite disturbing
Betrayal (1978)
by
HaroldPinter (1930- )
Do you think you know how complicated extramarital relationships can be? Well, what HaroldPinter is trying to tell you in this play is that you have absolutely no idea. The story involves two families: Robert, his wife Emma, and their two children; a boy and a girl, and Jerry, his wife Judith, and their two children who happen to be a boy and a girl as well. The only characters we meet are Emma, Robert and Jerry, and the main betrayal in question is the one that involves Emma and Jerry's affair although other forms of unfaithfulness take place. Falling in love and having an affair with the spouse's best friend looks like a clichéd and outworn subject that might evoke nothing but a sigh of boredom at first, but Pinter's touch transforms it to a very interesting and thought provoking issue ...
Advantages: Short and complex Disadvantages: Not Pinter's best play
Monologue
By
HaroldPinter
(The play was first shown on BBC Television on 13 April 1973 with Henry Woolf as MAN)
In around 10 pages only, this play allows the speaker to tell us his story through a monologue as the title indicates. The speaker, sitting in a chair, addresses his friend who is supposed to be there also in the empty chair that the man talks to. What we understand from the story is that both the speaker and his friend, a white man, get involved in a relationship with one black woman. Through recalling this relationship, the speaker seems to be eager to have the friendship that he and his friend used to have. We also understand from this monologue that the speaker has not seen both his friend and the woman for a while.
It does not look like an interesting story, does it? The fact that it is a monologue, that it ...
Advantages: Open for interpretations Disadvantages: Well? nothing happens
Landscape
By
HaroldPinter
(Landscape was first presented on radio by the BBC On 25th April, 1968, with Peggy Ashcroft as BETH and Eric Porter as DUFF)
There are two characters in this play, a middle-aged married couple, and yet you will not find a single dialogue between them. It is by no way a comic play, but the manner in which each of the two characters is talking about a completely different thing becomes a little funny as you read/watch more of the play. The stage directions read: "DUFF refers normally to BETH, but does not appear to hear her voice. BETH never looks at DUFF, and does not appear to hear his voice. Both characters are relaxed, in no sense rigid." Indeed, Duff seems to be aware of his wife's presence and he talks about daily issues, while Beth's images appear to be more abstract. The man talks about the day he ...
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Product details
Type
Plays
Title
The Caretaker
Author
Harold Pinter
Original Release Year
1959
ISBN
571160794
EAN
9780571160792
Manufacturer's product description
This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both "The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party".
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