THE BIRTHDAY PARTY & THE ROOM : Two Plays by Harold Pinter (Evergreen Original, E-315)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Grove Press, New York, NY, 1961

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Text/As NEW & Bright. Vintage 1961 First Edition, 3rd Printing. Softcover/VG; sound w/surface wear to front. Gift inscription to title page. 1st & 2nd plays from Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008), son of a Jewish tailor, outstanding British playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, & 2005 Nobel Prize winner. Both plays date to 1957, presented 1958 & supported by production photos, and both distinguished for use of understatement, small talk, reticence, & even silence to convey a character’s thought. 120 pges: Play 1, The Birthday Party, in which Stanley Webber, sole tenant of a seaside boarding house, whose life is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Goldberg & McCann, coinciding w/Stanley's birthday. The two throw him a birthday party, and then by aggressive interrogation prove Stanley has suffered a nervous breakdown, and abduct him; and Play 2, The Room (first presented 1957, possibly completed in 4 days!), takes place a room of an rundown "bed & breakfast" rooming house run by middle-aged Mr. Kidd, occupied by Rose & Bert Hudd (who may not be married). Drama opens at breakfast --- Rose's lengthy, meandering monologue is interrupted by arrival of Mr. Kidd inquiring when Bert is planning to move out. Bert remains silent & drives off in his van (truck driver?) Out w/the garbage, Rose meets Mr. & Mrs. Sands, who are seeking lodgings & have a meeting w/Mr. Kidd; she brings them in. Suddenly, Riley, a blind black man, long awaiting in the basement, appears w/a message for Rose from her "father". The play ends violently. Bert returns as Rose is stroking Riley's face --- he delivers a lengthy, sexually-suggestive monologue (his first utterance in the play) on what it is to drive a van, all the while referring to it as if it were a woman before beating Riley lifeless as Rose cries in agony, "Can't see. I can't see. I can't see". Strong copy in a tired softcover. .…

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Titre
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY & THE ROOM : Two Plays by Harold Pinter (Evergreen Original, E-315)
Auteur
Harold Pinter
Éditeur
Grove Press, New York, NY
Année de publication
1961
État de l'article
Very Good
Jaquette
None as Issued
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Kenneth Jepson; John Cowan (Production Photographers)
Édition
1st Edition
Impression
3rd Printing

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