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Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 2w, 4m
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter’s first play, written in 1957, is the earliest example of Pinter's “comedy of menace” – a surreal and dark portrait of an elderly couple that is both humourous and disturbing.
Rose and Bert rent a room that might almost be a paleolithic cave; the outside is terrifying and unknown. Rose never goes out, and Bert only goes to drive his van with furious aggression. A young couple call, and then a blind black man. Bert comes home, massive with triumph at smashing every car that challenged his van. It all culminates in an act of sudden and shocking violence.
A room in a large house. The present.
“Treads a disturbing border between dread and absurdity.” – Hollywood Reporter
“A series of increasingly ominous and horrifying encounters... Pinter rarely wrote in ideas, instead working more in feelings, moods, and, most importantly, fears.” – Time Out Chicago
The Room – Pinter at the Pinter Trailer
Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was born in London on October 10, 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980).
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama, he worke ...
by Harold Pinter