Victoria Station - Harold Pinter

Landscape - Harold Pinter

Landscape By Harold Pinter (Landscape was first presented on radio by the BBC On 25th April, 1968, with Peggy Ashcroft as BETH and Eric Porter as DUFF) There are two characters in this play, a middle-aged married couple, and yet you will not find a single dialogue between them. It is by no way a comic play, but the manner in which each of the two characters is talking about a completely different thing becomes a little funny as you read/watch more of the play. The stage directions read: "DUFF refers normally to BETH, but does not appear to hear her voice. BETH never looks at DUFF, and does not appear to hear his voice. Both characters are relaxed, in no sense ...

Landscape - Harold Pinter

Landscape By Harold Pinter (Landscape was first presented on radio by the BBC On 25th April, 1968, with Peggy Ashcroft as BETH and Eric Porter as DUFF) There are two characters in this play, a middle-aged married couple, and yet you will not find a single dialogue between them. It is by no way a comic play, but the manner in which each of the two characters is talking about a completely different thing becomes a little funny as you read/watch more of the play. The stage directions read: "DUFF refers normally to BETH, but does not appear to hear her voice. BETH never looks at DUFF, and does not appear to hear his voice. Both characters are relaxed, in no sense ...

Monologue - Harold Pinter

This is one of Pinter s lesser known, and less performed, plays, yet it has some of the magnificent elements which his acclaimed plays have. What I love about Pinter, for example, is the deep inner struggle that his characters have; everything seems to be fine on the surface and no battles of any kind are taking place, yet the characters are torn, angry, and unforgiving. In this play, also, you find Pinter s famous pauses frequently, as there s nobody to reply to what the speaker says, so the replies are almost replaced with pauses. Finally, it is a short play that you might have to read again in order to understand what is going on, for it seams to give clues rather ...

Monologue - Harold Pinter

This is one of Pinter s lesser known, and less performed, plays, yet it has some of the magnificent elements which his acclaimed plays have. What I love about Pinter, for example, is the deep inner struggle that his characters have; everything seems to be fine on the surface and no battles of any kind are taking place, yet the characters are torn, angry, and unforgiving. In this play, also, you find Pinter s famous pauses frequently, as there s nobody to reply to what the speaker says, so the replies are almost replaced with pauses. Finally, it is a short play that you might have to read again in order to understand what is going on, for it seams to give clues rather ...

One For The Road - Harold Pinter

One for the Road (1984) By Harold Pinter The play begins with a supposedly religious man-in-authority called Nicholas interrogation of Victor who is just an intellectual. The title "One for the Road" is a reference to the glasses of whisky that Nicholas keeps pouring to himself: "I think I deserve one for the road." As he drinks, he keeps on chatting to himself mostly since Victor remains silent most of the time. He starts telling Victor casually how his books were kicked about, his rugs were urinated on, and also he begins mentioning Victor s wife and son. He simply says how hot the wife is and how everybody is falling in love with her, and asks ...

One For The Road - Harold Pinter

One for the Road (1984) By Harold Pinter The play begins with a supposedly religious man-in-authority called Nicholas interrogation of Victor who is just an intellectual. The title "One for the Road" is a reference to the glasses of whisky that Nicholas keeps pouring to himself: "I think I deserve one for the road." As he drinks, he keeps on chatting to himself mostly since Victor remains silent most of the time. He starts telling Victor casually how his books were kicked about, his rugs were urinated on, and also he begins mentioning Victor s wife and son. He simply says how hot the wife is and how everybody is falling in love with her, and asks ...