Betrayal (Paperback)

"One of the most essential artists produced by the twentieth century. Pinter's work gets under our skin more than that of any living playwright." --"New York Times"
Upon its premiere at the National Theatre, "Betrayal" was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. It won the Olivier Award for best new play, and has since been performed all around the world and made into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, and Patricia Hodge. "Betrayal" begins with a meeting between adulterous lovers, Emma and Jerry, two years after their affair has ended. During the nine scenes of the play, we move back in time through the stages of their affair, ending in the house of Emma and her husband Robert, Jerry's best friend.
" "Betrayal"] deals with the shifting balance of power in triangular relationships, and with the pain of loss. . . . Pinter probes the corrosive nature of betrayal . . . a world where pain and loss are explored with poetic precision." --"Guardian"
""Betrayal" is an exquisite play, brilliantly simple in form and courageous in its search for a poetry that turns banality into a melancholy beauty." --"Newsweek"
"There is hardly a line into which desire, pain, alarm, sorrow, rage or some

General

Imprint:	Avalon Travel Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Harold Pinter
Dimensions:	224 x 130 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	138
ISBN-13:	978-0-8021-3080-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-8021-3080-1
Barcode:	9780802130808

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