
The Hothouse
Harold Pinter(Author)
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Published on 25. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8021-3643-5 (ISBN)
Description
A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself. "A blistering funny play. . . . Hothouse is wild, impudent, fiercely funny."-Jack Kroll, Newsweek
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
175 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8021-3643-5 (9780802136435)
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