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The Birthday Party & The Room
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.914
EAN: 9780802151148
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0802151140
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: January 20, 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Studio: Grove Press
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Editorial Review:
In The Birthday Party, a musician who escapes to a dilapidated boarding house becomes the victim of a ritual murder in which everyone- assassins, victim, and observers- implacably plays out the role assigned him by fate.The Room, a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation of fate when a blind Black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message.
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Rating:  - The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party is a very good play about a young man and his inevitable and perhaps unavoidable fate. The plot is quite simple, yet it is also elegant in its simplicity. Without saying too much, the story is about a young man who has been living for some time in a beach-sited boarding house owned by a mid-aged couple. These characters lives' are invaded by two men who for some unknown reason want to catch the young man. The story evolves...
The play is captivating and exciting, at some ... Read More
Rating: - sinister intent?
Harold Pinter's _The Birthday Party_:
A young man lives with his mother at a run-down boarding house near the beach. Two visitors come and shake things up. They don't do anything wild or unusual, but they question and intimidate the young man, until the reader becomes unsure what sinister plans the two men have in mind.
Pinter's strength lies in his dialogue, which is thoroughly believable and memorable. Not for a moment does the reader doubt that these scenes could happen (and may HAVE ... Read More
Rating:  - Laugh Out Loud, Funny!
A side splitting send up of the misunderstood artist.
One of the funniest plays of the century, by one of England's greatest playwrights.
Bring your knife and fork!
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