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Betrayal

by: Harold Pinter (author)

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Harold Pinter is known to both British and American theater audiences as one of the most exciting and accomplished playwrights of our time. Betrayal is Pinter's latest full-length play since the enormous success of No Man's Land.The play begins in 1977, with a meeting between adulterous lovers, Emma and Jerry, two years after their affair has ended. During the nine scenes of the play, we move back in time, through the stages of their affair, with the play ending in the house of Emma and Robert, her husband, who is Jerry's best friend.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780802130808 (0802130801)

ASIN: 802130801

Publish date: January 7th 1994

Publisher: Grove Press

Pages no: 144

Edition language: English

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Classics, Academic, School, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Plays, Drama, Theatre, College, Nobel Prize

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MarginMan rated it

10 years ago

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I can just as easily give it 2 stars, but I'm allowing for the possibility that it's better as a live performance. Pinter could have named this play What?, due to how many times his characters ask that question. They come across as either really dense, or as suffering from some serious ADD. He was p...

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Rachel the Book Harlot rated it

11 years ago

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This probably works better on the stage than it does on the page. Frankly, I was disappointed. True to its title, Betrayal is a story about betrayal and deception. The play is centered on three people: Emma, Robert, and Jerry. Emma, who is married to Robert, has had a long-term affair with Robert'...

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Bettie's Books rated it

13 years ago

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sat 2:30Harold Pinter's acclaimed drama about a love affair and the intricate nature of deceit.

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AC rated it

16 years ago

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It is the film you want to see, not the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayal_(1983_film)From today's obituary: Pinter once said of language, "The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke scree...

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