The Birthday Party, and the Room - Two Plays

Klappentext In The Birthday Party, a musician who escapes to a dilapidated boarding house becomes the victim of a ritual murder in which everyone- assassins, victim, and observers- implacably plays out the role assigned him by fate.The Room, a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation of fate when a blind Black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message. Zusammenfassung In The Birthday Party , a musician escapes to a dilapidated boarding house, where he falls victim to the shadowy, ritualized violence of two men who have followed him from his sinister past. In The Room , a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation from the past when a blind man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message. Both plays are invested with the elements that make Pinter’s work unique: the disturbing familiarity of the dialogue, the subtle characterization, and the abrupt mood and power shifts among the characters, which can be by turns terrifying, moving, and wildly funny.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Pinter, Pinter Harold
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.1994
• EAN: 9780802151148
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-5114-8
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Plays, Playscripts, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, CULTURAL HERITAGE / British