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| − | ''The Lover'' | + | ''The Lover'' is a 1962 one-act play by Harold Pinter (1930-2008). Pinter leads the audience to believe that there are three characters in the play: the wife, the husband and the lover. But the lover who comes to call in the afternoons is revealed to be the husband adopting a role. He plays the lover for her: she plays the whore for him. The play contrasts bourgeois domesticity with sexual yearning. |
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Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'' | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'' | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 18 March 2014
The Lover is a 1962 one-act play by Harold Pinter (1930-2008). Pinter leads the audience to believe that there are three characters in the play: the wife, the husband and the lover. But the lover who comes to call in the afternoons is revealed to be the husband adopting a role. He plays the lover for her: she plays the whore for him. The play contrasts bourgeois domesticity with sexual yearning.
Published by Methuen in 1964.
Performance history in South Africa
A Baxter Theatre Production was directed by Ken Leach in 1980, starring Richard Cox and Jacqui Singer.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lover_(play)
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987
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