The Homecoming
Published on 18. July 2013
160 pages
978-0-571-30080-8 (ISBN)
Description
'An exultant night - a man in total command of his talent.' Observer
'The most intense expression of compressed violence to be found anywhere in Pinter's plays.' The Times
When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in London, he finds his family still living in the house. In the conflict that follows, it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy.
'The most intense expression of compressed violence to be found anywhere in Pinter's plays.' The Times
When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in London, he finds his family still living in the house. In the conflict that follows, it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
0,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-30080-8 (9780571300808)
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Person
Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Legion d'honneur. He died in December 2008.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Characters
- First Presentation
- Setting
- Act One
- Act Two
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
