Description
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.
Author: Harold Pinter
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/20/1994
Pages: 116
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.15h x 5.36w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9780802151148
ISBN10: 0802151140
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Performing Arts | Theater | General