The Birthday Party and The Room

Pinter, Harold

ISBN 10: 0802151140 / ISBN 13: 9780802151148

Published by Grove Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birthday Party and The Room
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802151140
• ISBN 13: 9780802151148
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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.