The Homecoming - A Play

Informationen zum Autor Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Légion d'honneur. He died in December 2008. Klappentext When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday Party" and "Old Times". Vorwort An 'intense expression of compressed violence' ( The Times ) by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, elegantly rejacketed in Faber Drama's new series design . Zusammenfassung When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday Party" and "Old Times".

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Harold Pinter
• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.01.1991
• EAN: 9780571160808
• ISBN: 978-0-571-16080-8
• Seiten: 88
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Serien: ff plays; ff plays
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Violence & abuse in society, Educational: Drama & performance arts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights