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Another Off-Broadway success by one of the theatre's most inventive and versatile writers. A subtle blending of artful nuance, veiled menace and zany humor.
44 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1963
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Harold Pinter
347听books764听followersHarold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
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February 28, 2017
丕賲蹖丿 丕夭 賲蹖丕賳 賲蹖 乇賵丿 丕賲丕 鬲賲賳丕 丿爻鬲 賳丕禺賵乇丿賴 賲蹖 賲丕賳丿
噩丕讴丕賲賵 賱卅賵倬丕乇丿蹖
賳賯卮 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 夭賳 賵 卮賵賴乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賴 丕賳丿: 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯
卮賵賴乇 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘丕 丕賱鬲賴丕亘 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丿乇 丌睾賵卮 賴賲 亘乇賵賳丿. 丕賲丕 賴乇 賳賯卮蹖 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 丕孬乇卮 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 亘丕蹖丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕夭 爻乇 賳賵 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇賵賳丿
乇蹖趩丕乇丿: 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖讴賴 賲賳 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿賲 鬲賳賴丕 丿賱蹖賱蹖 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 鬲賵賳賴 賮丕爻賯 亘丕卮賴貙 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賮丕爻賯 賴丕 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賲賲讴賳 賳蹖爻鬲 賳丕乇丕丨鬲蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿. 賲賳馗賵乇賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴...賲孬賱丕...丕诏乇 乇賵夭蹖 丕夭 賲賳 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 亘卮賴 讴賴 賵馗蹖賮賴 蹖讴 賮丕爻賯 乇丕 丕蹖賮丕 讴賳賲 丕诏乇 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿賲...丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕...丌賲丕丿诏蹖 賯亘賵賱 丕蹖賳 芦卮睾賱 卮乇蹖賮禄 乇丕 丿丕乇賲貙 丿乇 賴乇 丨丕賱貙 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖 丿丕丿賲 讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 乇丿 讴賳賲 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲賴 賳卮賴 亘賴 胤乇夭蹖 卮丕蹖爻鬲賴 賵... 賲丿丕賲 賯丕丿乇 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 賵馗丕蹖賮 亘丕卮賲
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爻丕乇丕: 趩賯丿乇 鬲賵 賲賱賵爻 賴爻鬲蹖...賲賳 鬲丕讴賳賵賳 鬲乇丕 亘賴 賴賳诏丕賲 卮亘貙 倬爻 丕夭 睾乇賵亘 禺賵乇卮蹖丿 賳丿蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賲: 卮賵賴乇賲 丕賲卮亘 鬲丕 丿蹖乇賵賯鬲 讴丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳賴. 丕賵 讴賳賮乇丕賳爻 丿丕乇賴...丌乇賴貙 賵囟毓 鬲賵 賮乇賯 讴乇丿賴. 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳 賱亘丕爻 賲爻禺乇賴 乇丕 倬賵卮蹖丿賴 丕蹖責 賵 丕蹖賳 讴乇丕賵丕鬲 賲囟丨讴 乇丕責 鬲賵 賲毓賲賵賱丕 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賱亘丕爻 賳賲蹖 倬賵卮蹖 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲責 讴鬲 乇賵 丿乇亘蹖丕乇...賴賵賲責 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇蹖 倬蹖乇丕賴賳賲 乇賵 毓賵囟 讴賳賲責 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖丿蹖 倬蹖乇丕賴賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘倬賵卮賲責 賲賳 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 鬲賵 賱亘丕爻賲 乇丕 毓賵囟 禺賵丕賴賲 讴乇丿貙 趩胤賵乇賴責 賲賵丕賮賯蹖責 禺賵卮鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 丕賵賲丿責
.爻丕乇丕 丕賵 乇丕 賲丨讴賲 丿乇 亘睾賱 賲蹖 賮卮乇丿
乇蹖趩丕乇丿: 丌乇賴
爻讴賵鬲
.賱亘丕爻 鬲賵 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.賱亘丕爻 鬲賵 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.倬蹖乇丕賴賳 乇丕 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.賮丕丨卮賴 亘蹖 賴賲鬲丕蹖 賲賳
丌賳 賴丕 夭丕賳賵 夭丿賴 亘蹖 丨乇讴鬲 賲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿. 爻丕乇丕 乇賵蹖 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 禺賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 氐丨賳賴 鬲丕乇蹖讴 賲蹖 诏乇丿丿
:丨乇賮 丌禺乇
賲囟賲賵賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮亘丕賴鬲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賴 丌卅賵乇丕 丿丕乇丿. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖賲 亘爻蹖丕乇 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳 亘賵丿
丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 亘丕 賳丕賲芦賮丕爻賯禄 賵 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 丿讴鬲乇 賲賳賵趩賴乇 亘蹖丕鬲 賲禺鬲丕乇蹖 丿乇 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮 1353 亘賴 趩丕倬 乇爻蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲
噩丕讴丕賲賵 賱卅賵倬丕乇丿蹖
賳賯卮 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 夭賳 賵 卮賵賴乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賴 丕賳丿: 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯
卮賵賴乇 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘丕 丕賱鬲賴丕亘 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丿乇 丌睾賵卮 賴賲 亘乇賵賳丿. 丕賲丕 賴乇 賳賯卮蹖 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 丕孬乇卮 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 亘丕蹖丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕夭 爻乇 賳賵 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇賵賳丿
乇蹖趩丕乇丿: 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖讴賴 賲賳 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿賲 鬲賳賴丕 丿賱蹖賱蹖 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 鬲賵賳賴 賮丕爻賯 亘丕卮賴貙 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賮丕爻賯 賴丕 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賲賲讴賳 賳蹖爻鬲 賳丕乇丕丨鬲蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿. 賲賳馗賵乇賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴...賲孬賱丕...丕诏乇 乇賵夭蹖 丕夭 賲賳 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 亘卮賴 讴賴 賵馗蹖賮賴 蹖讴 賮丕爻賯 乇丕 丕蹖賮丕 讴賳賲 丕诏乇 丕丨爻丕爻 讴乇丿賲...丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕...丌賲丕丿诏蹖 賯亘賵賱 丕蹖賳 芦卮睾賱 卮乇蹖賮禄 乇丕 丿丕乇賲貙 丿乇 賴乇 丨丕賱貙 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖 丿丕丿賲 讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 乇丿 讴賳賲 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲賴 賳卮賴 亘賴 胤乇夭蹖 卮丕蹖爻鬲賴 賵... 賲丿丕賲 賯丕丿乇 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 賵馗丕蹖賮 亘丕卮賲
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爻丕乇丕: 趩賯丿乇 鬲賵 賲賱賵爻 賴爻鬲蹖...賲賳 鬲丕讴賳賵賳 鬲乇丕 亘賴 賴賳诏丕賲 卮亘貙 倬爻 丕夭 睾乇賵亘 禺賵乇卮蹖丿 賳丿蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賲: 卮賵賴乇賲 丕賲卮亘 鬲丕 丿蹖乇賵賯鬲 讴丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳賴. 丕賵 讴賳賮乇丕賳爻 丿丕乇賴...丌乇賴貙 賵囟毓 鬲賵 賮乇賯 讴乇丿賴. 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳 賱亘丕爻 賲爻禺乇賴 乇丕 倬賵卮蹖丿賴 丕蹖責 賵 丕蹖賳 讴乇丕賵丕鬲 賲囟丨讴 乇丕責 鬲賵 賲毓賲賵賱丕 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賱亘丕爻 賳賲蹖 倬賵卮蹖 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲責 讴鬲 乇賵 丿乇亘蹖丕乇...賴賵賲責 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇蹖 倬蹖乇丕賴賳賲 乇賵 毓賵囟 讴賳賲責 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖丿蹖 倬蹖乇丕賴賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘倬賵卮賲責 賲賳 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 鬲賵 賱亘丕爻賲 乇丕 毓賵囟 禺賵丕賴賲 讴乇丿貙 趩胤賵乇賴責 賲賵丕賮賯蹖責 禺賵卮鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 丕賵賲丿責
.爻丕乇丕 丕賵 乇丕 賲丨讴賲 丿乇 亘睾賱 賲蹖 賮卮乇丿
乇蹖趩丕乇丿: 丌乇賴
爻讴賵鬲
.賱亘丕爻 鬲賵 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.賱亘丕爻 鬲賵 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.倬蹖乇丕賴賳 乇丕 毓賵囟 讴賳
爻讴賵鬲
.賮丕丨卮賴 亘蹖 賴賲鬲丕蹖 賲賳
丌賳 賴丕 夭丕賳賵 夭丿賴 亘蹖 丨乇讴鬲 賲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿. 爻丕乇丕 乇賵蹖 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 禺賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 氐丨賳賴 鬲丕乇蹖讴 賲蹖 诏乇丿丿
:丨乇賮 丌禺乇
賲囟賲賵賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮亘丕賴鬲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賴 丌卅賵乇丕 丿丕乇丿. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖賲 亘爻蹖丕乇 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳 亘賵丿
丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 亘丕 賳丕賲芦賮丕爻賯禄 賵 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 丿讴鬲乇 賲賳賵趩賴乇 亘蹖丕鬲 賲禺鬲丕乇蹖 丿乇 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮 1353 亘賴 趩丕倬 乇爻蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲
October 8, 2009
I directed this play in spring of 2008, so I am very, very familiar with it as this point, and I just love it. It is an under-appreciated member of Pinter's body of work but it's a fantastic little one act with a lot of twists.
The great thing about this play is that it can be read or performed as a very sad dramatic piece as easily as it can be a sort of dark, psychological comedy (which is the route I personally took) and is rich with the kind of diction and style that makes Pinter so prolific. It's definitely worth a read, especially for students of the theatre.
The great thing about this play is that it can be read or performed as a very sad dramatic piece as easily as it can be a sort of dark, psychological comedy (which is the route I personally took) and is rich with the kind of diction and style that makes Pinter so prolific. It's definitely worth a read, especially for students of the theatre.
September 18, 2017
The Lover is a short play, but I think one of his most successful. There is a dark, menacing undertone through the work typical of Pinter. My favorite passage gives a sense for the conflict he鈥檚 able to create in the characters:
Right after this the character Sarah becomes very forward with Richard. It is dark, conflicted, tragedy and comedy rolled into one.
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SARAH. I鈥檓 trapped.
Pause.
What will my husband say?
Pause.
He expects me. He鈥檚 waiting. I can鈥檛 get out. I鈥檓 trapped. You鈥檝e no right to treat a married woman like this. Have you? Think, think, think of what you鈥檙e doing.
Right after this the character Sarah becomes very forward with Richard. It is dark, conflicted, tragedy and comedy rolled into one.
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November 23, 2018
"The trouble with this room is that it catches the sun so directly, when it's shining"
賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 乇賵 賲蹖禺賵賳蹖 賲賲讴賳賴 亘丕 禺賵丿鬲 亘诏蹖 讴賴 賮賯胤 蹖賴 匕賴賳 賲乇蹖囟 賵 爻丕丿蹖爻鬲蹖讴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 趩賳蹖賳 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲蹖 乇賵 禺賱賯 讴賳賴 . 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 噩賱賵鬲乇 賲蹖乇蹖 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮蹖 讴賴 夭賵丿 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴乇丿蹖 賵 賱丕蹖賴 賴丕蹖 毓賲蹖賯 鬲乇蹖 倬卮鬲 乇賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 爻讴爻蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賵噩 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲賴
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 . 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 賵 爻丕乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇丕乇 丕夭 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 夭賳丕卮賵蹖蹖 貙 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳 讴賴 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲 亘丕夭蹖 讴賳賳 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丕夭 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 賴丕蹖 噩賳爻蹖 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 鬲賵蹖 蹖讴 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕禺亘乇 賲蹖卮賳
Richard: does it ever occur to you that while you are spending the afternoon being unfaithful to me, I'm sitting at a desk going through balance sheets and graphs?
Sarah: well of course it occurs to me. It makes the all more piquant.
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Richard: But I haven't got a mistress. I'm very well acquainted with a whore. There's a world of difference.
Sarah: It's just not possible. You have such taste. You care so much for grace and elegance in women. I must say I find your attitude to women rather alarming.
丕賲丕 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 夭賳 貙 賲乇丿 乇賵 亘賴賲 賲蹖乇蹖夭賴 . 丕蹖賳讴賴 爻丕乇丕 丿乇 鬲禺蹖賱丕鬲卮 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 亘丕 賮丕爻賯卮 賵賯鬲 賲蹖诏匕乇賵賳賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳賴 讴賴 卮賵賴乇卮 丕賵賳 賱丨馗賴 鬲賵 丕丿丕乇賴 賲卮睾賵賱 讴丕乇賴 賵 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 夭賳卮 丿丕乇賴 亘賴卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴. 蹖讴賲 亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 丕蹖賳 賯囟蹖賴 毓匕丕亘 丌賵乇 賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 賴丕 丿丕乇賴 鬲賵 禺賵賳賴 蹖 禺賵丿卮 乇禺 賲蹖丿賴. 賵 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 賲賳 乇賵 蹖丕丿 賮蹖賱賲
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賲蹖賳丿丕夭賴 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 丌賱 倬丕趩蹖賳賵 丕夭 乇丕賴 賲蹖乇爻賴 賵 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮賴 夭賳卮 丿丕乇賴 亘賴卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴 . 賵丕讴賳卮卮 禺蹖賱蹖 毓噩蹖亘賴 賮賯胤 賲蹖诏賴
I'm angry yeah, you know you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa鈥� but you do not get to watch my fucking television set!
乇蹖趩丕乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 鬲丨賲賱 讴賳賴 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 鬲賲賵賲 亘卮賴 丕賲丕 爻丕乇丕 賲毓鬲賯丿賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮 (蹖毓賳蹖 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 ) 禺蹖賱蹖 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 鬲乇 丕夭 蹖賴 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 賲毓賲賵賱蹖賴
Richard: that it has to stop. Your debauchery. Your life of depravity. Your path of illegitimate lust鈥ake him out into the fields. Find a ditch. Or a slag heap. Find a rubbish dump. Mmmm? What about that? Buy a Canoe and find a stagnant pond. Anything. Anywhere. But not my living room.
鈥�
Sarah: You mustn't worry about鈥� wives, husbands, things like that. It's silly. It's really silly. It's you, you now, here, here with me, here together. That's what it is, isn't it? You whisper to me, you take tea with me, you do that, don't you, that's what we are, that's us, love me.
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Richard: Great pride. To walk with you as my wife on my arm. Too see you smile, laugh, walk, talk, bend, be still. To hear your command on contemporary phraseology, your delicate use of very latest idiomatic expression, so subtly employed. Yes to feel the envy of others, their attempts to gain favor with you, by fair means or foul, your austere grace confounding them. And to know you are my wife. It's a source of profound satisfaction to me.
賵 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賲乇丿 丿乇 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 賮乇賵 賲蹖乇賴 賵 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賳卮丿賳蹖 丕夭 爻丕乇丕
Sarah: I'm trapped. What will my husband say? He expects me. He's waiting. I can't get out. I'm trapped.
賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 乇賵 賲蹖禺賵賳蹖 賲賲讴賳賴 亘丕 禺賵丿鬲 亘诏蹖 讴賴 賮賯胤 蹖賴 匕賴賳 賲乇蹖囟 賵 爻丕丿蹖爻鬲蹖讴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 趩賳蹖賳 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲蹖 乇賵 禺賱賯 讴賳賴 . 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 噩賱賵鬲乇 賲蹖乇蹖 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮蹖 讴賴 夭賵丿 賯囟丕賵鬲 讴乇丿蹖 賵 賱丕蹖賴 賴丕蹖 毓賲蹖賯 鬲乇蹖 倬卮鬲 乇賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 爻讴爻蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賵噩 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲賴
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 . 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 賵 爻丕乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇丕乇 丕夭 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 夭賳丕卮賵蹖蹖 貙 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳 讴賴 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲 亘丕夭蹖 讴賳賳 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丕夭 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 賴丕蹖 噩賳爻蹖 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 鬲賵蹖 蹖讴 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕禺亘乇 賲蹖卮賳
Richard: does it ever occur to you that while you are spending the afternoon being unfaithful to me, I'm sitting at a desk going through balance sheets and graphs?
Sarah: well of course it occurs to me. It makes the all more piquant.
鈥�
Richard: But I haven't got a mistress. I'm very well acquainted with a whore. There's a world of difference.
Sarah: It's just not possible. You have such taste. You care so much for grace and elegance in women. I must say I find your attitude to women rather alarming.
丕賲丕 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 夭賳 貙 賲乇丿 乇賵 亘賴賲 賲蹖乇蹖夭賴 . 丕蹖賳讴賴 爻丕乇丕 丿乇 鬲禺蹖賱丕鬲卮 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 亘丕 賮丕爻賯卮 賵賯鬲 賲蹖诏匕乇賵賳賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳賴 讴賴 卮賵賴乇卮 丕賵賳 賱丨馗賴 鬲賵 丕丿丕乇賴 賲卮睾賵賱 讴丕乇賴 賵 丕賴賲蹖鬲蹖 賳賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 夭賳卮 丿丕乇賴 亘賴卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴. 蹖讴賲 亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖趩丕乇丿 丕蹖賳 賯囟蹖賴 毓匕丕亘 丌賵乇 賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 賴丕 丿丕乇賴 鬲賵 禺賵賳賴 蹖 禺賵丿卮 乇禺 賲蹖丿賴. 賵 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 賲賳 乇賵 蹖丕丿 賮蹖賱賲
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賲蹖賳丿丕夭賴 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 丌賱 倬丕趩蹖賳賵 丕夭 乇丕賴 賲蹖乇爻賴 賵 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮賴 夭賳卮 丿丕乇賴 亘賴卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴 . 賵丕讴賳卮卮 禺蹖賱蹖 毓噩蹖亘賴 賮賯胤 賲蹖诏賴
I'm angry yeah, you know you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa鈥� but you do not get to watch my fucking television set!
乇蹖趩丕乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 鬲丨賲賱 讴賳賴 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 鬲賲賵賲 亘卮賴 丕賲丕 爻丕乇丕 賲毓鬲賯丿賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮 (蹖毓賳蹖 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 ) 禺蹖賱蹖 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 鬲乇 丕夭 蹖賴 乇丕亘胤賴 蹖 賲毓賲賵賱蹖賴
Richard: that it has to stop. Your debauchery. Your life of depravity. Your path of illegitimate lust鈥ake him out into the fields. Find a ditch. Or a slag heap. Find a rubbish dump. Mmmm? What about that? Buy a Canoe and find a stagnant pond. Anything. Anywhere. But not my living room.
鈥�
Sarah: You mustn't worry about鈥� wives, husbands, things like that. It's silly. It's really silly. It's you, you now, here, here with me, here together. That's what it is, isn't it? You whisper to me, you take tea with me, you do that, don't you, that's what we are, that's us, love me.
...
Richard: Great pride. To walk with you as my wife on my arm. Too see you smile, laugh, walk, talk, bend, be still. To hear your command on contemporary phraseology, your delicate use of very latest idiomatic expression, so subtly employed. Yes to feel the envy of others, their attempts to gain favor with you, by fair means or foul, your austere grace confounding them. And to know you are my wife. It's a source of profound satisfaction to me.
賵 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賲乇丿 丿乇 賳賯卮 賮丕爻賯 賮乇賵 賲蹖乇賴 賵 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賳卮丿賳蹖 丕夭 爻丕乇丕
Sarah: I'm trapped. What will my husband say? He expects me. He's waiting. I can't get out. I'm trapped.
April 23, 2016
Really enjoyed this, though I think the twist kind of detracts from the power of the beginning. I'm just interested in exploring that situation as far as it could go, as it's initially set up. I guess that's why I write. I'll always think, "what if?" But this is a great little play.
July 6, 2012
It's surprising how Pinter's prose style can surprise you, even after such (apparent) familiarity. I was told once that, where a novelist has to write up to 2000 words a day to feel they have accomplished, a poet can be devilled by writing 20. Pinter, in this short play, writes his prose like poetry, with every word, every phrase and - infamously - every paused weighed, considered and filed down. An apparently humdrum story of upper-middle class bedhopping folk, it twists around and around like barleysugar before a stark and bitter finale. Thoroughly enjoyed, and it only took the time of the morning commute to read!
April 5, 2008
Disturbing in a twisted psychological way. Some find it funny. I just think it's creepy.
July 2, 2016
Brilliant!
September 13, 2019
Un matrimonio brit谩nico conversa con toda cotidianidad sobre el amante de la mujer. 驴Va a venir tu amante hoy? S铆, supongo. Ser谩 mejor que llegue m谩s tarde. S铆. 驴Qu茅 van a hacer? No lo s茅. La escena, chocante en 1962, llega un poco desacelerada a nuestra 茅poca de apertura de relaciones y poliamor. Los personajes tratan el tema con una cordialidad que ofusca incluso la obvia asimetr铆a que hay en este matrimonio. Para el p煤blico de los a帽os 60, la primera nota disonante habr谩 sido, m谩s que la infidelidad en s铆, el lugar de voluntaria humillaci贸n en el que se coloca el marido (que me pregunto si no estar铆a inspirado en el entonces primer ministro del Reino Unido, Harold Macmillan); ahora, esa humillaci贸n puede tranquilamente pasar por madruez. El amante es una de esas obras que habilitan representaciones tanto en tono de drama como de comedia; lo que tambi茅n significa que, seg煤n la manera en que se la lea, puede resultar una cosa u otra, o ninguna, o las dos, al estilo Schr枚dinger.
March 28, 2024
Maybe because I am primed to Succession at the moment I read the superior first part of the play in the voice of matter-of-fact insecure creepy sociopath Tom Wambsgans.
This is Pinter in the form of a Bach fugue.
Would make a great double-feature with Betrayal.
This is Pinter in the form of a Bach fugue.
Would make a great double-feature with Betrayal.
June 10, 2024
A real strange one. I like how this could just as easily be staged as a sad comedy or an intense psychological drama.
May 7, 2008
I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this play by Harold Pinter. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Even though it was written some time ago, but still feels very contemporary as far as the plot goes. I can't really describe the plot without giving away the interesting parts of the story. It's very short (around 50 pages), so go for it! There is no graphic sexual content, though intimate relationships are implied both by the title and the course of the play. It is a little weird, but in a way that is intellectually stimulating, rather than titillating.
Recommended. Highly recommended for film buffs or those into drama.
Recommended. Highly recommended for film buffs or those into drama.
October 20, 2017
Identity, play and characterization is taken to another level in this play. The way it divulge into gender role themes and then destroy and disturb the complacent notions, we could see the hands of the master. Pinter's subtle, playful and phenomenological style retains its shades.
July 14, 2008
Not for children. I had to read this for a drama class at my university.
December 4, 2012
丕賱賲爻乇丨 丕賱胤賱賷毓賷 賲孬賷乇 賱賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 亘胤亘毓賴
April 24, 2013
A very amusing short play, one that plays with role playing within the setting of theatre, transposing it to reality and relationships. Excellent entertainment.
June 22, 2013
脡l + Ella + la cadencia que les imprimi贸 su creador= breve e impresionante obra O_O Juego psicol贸gico perverso.
May 17, 2016
Scorching hot "play date" between a husband and wife. How they amuse themselves gives new meaning to "foreplay." Of course, it's a stage play, so on the surface it's tame, but the sub-text--wow!
August 4, 2016
An authentic piece of work about role playing antics... sounds good to me!
November 24, 2016
"Is your lover coming today?.."
May 28, 2021
How do you keep love alive after ten years of marriage?
Some keep repeating the same old routines, ignoring the muted affection that has replaced infatuation, the boredom that has replaced sexual arousal. Others, such as Richard and Sarah in Pinter's haunting play The Lover, play games with each other in order to vary their routine. In one iteration, Sarah is a married woman and Richard is Max, her dignified, lover; in another, Richard is himself and Sarah is his debased whore. However, what becomes clear is that Sarah and Richard are playing different game: while Sarah believes that their different personas can be complimentary, Richard prefers to completely forget that he has other identities at all, seemingly erasing himself from his memory whenever he "changes." What emerges is two people, trying to meet each other with right masks so that they can truly connect, so that they can make their marriage work.
Whether Richard and Sarah's relationship is a healthy one is up for the reader to decide. But it should be noted that the characters are doing what any people would do when they see a relationship that has grown tired and boring: they are trying to salvage it, even if it means meeting each other as different people. "Changing" with each other in harmony so that the relationship can last.
Some keep repeating the same old routines, ignoring the muted affection that has replaced infatuation, the boredom that has replaced sexual arousal. Others, such as Richard and Sarah in Pinter's haunting play The Lover, play games with each other in order to vary their routine. In one iteration, Sarah is a married woman and Richard is Max, her dignified, lover; in another, Richard is himself and Sarah is his debased whore. However, what becomes clear is that Sarah and Richard are playing different game: while Sarah believes that their different personas can be complimentary, Richard prefers to completely forget that he has other identities at all, seemingly erasing himself from his memory whenever he "changes." What emerges is two people, trying to meet each other with right masks so that they can truly connect, so that they can make their marriage work.
Whether Richard and Sarah's relationship is a healthy one is up for the reader to decide. But it should be noted that the characters are doing what any people would do when they see a relationship that has grown tired and boring: they are trying to salvage it, even if it means meeting each other as different people. "Changing" with each other in harmony so that the relationship can last.
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April 8, 2023The Lover presents the question of how exactly to stage the play, as a central plot point (which I won鈥檛 mention) requires a director to decide exactly how many different actors to cast. We begin with a husband and a wife discussing things and they casually begin mentioning their various lovers and affairs. This is not exactly a Who鈥檚 Afraid of Virginia Woolf kind of things, but also not not that. There鈥檚 a layer of ire, but it鈥檚 not the full story, but there鈥檚 also no underlying sense of sadness about things. Everything is actually quite matter of fact really. So the tension builds in the story as we know that we will be getting a visit from the title character at some point.
I鈥檝e never spent a lot of time in the realm of infidelity, and I think that鈥檚 probably a good thing. Old novels and movies really make it seem (and so do plenty of real life moments) really common and quotidian, but that鈥檚 not ever been my experience. Any relationship I鈥檝e been in in which infidelity popped up it either happened in very small ways early on, or was the last leg of a short-lived thing. So I鈥檝e never been in that space of 鈥渓iving鈥� with it as it happens in so many stories.
I鈥檝e never spent a lot of time in the realm of infidelity, and I think that鈥檚 probably a good thing. Old novels and movies really make it seem (and so do plenty of real life moments) really common and quotidian, but that鈥檚 not ever been my experience. Any relationship I鈥檝e been in in which infidelity popped up it either happened in very small ways early on, or was the last leg of a short-lived thing. So I鈥檝e never been in that space of 鈥渓iving鈥� with it as it happens in so many stories.
April 23, 2025
dieu merci pour les avis car moi j'allais JAMAIIIIS comprendre que Richard est 茅galement max MDRRTT.
Cependant ne connaissant rien de l'auteur et de la 辫颈猫肠别 en repr茅sentation, je dois avouer que franchement j'茅tais grave angoiss茅e car PERSONNELLEMENT je n'avais pas deviner que Richard 茅tait Max et toute les instances de RP au d茅but o霉 "Max" commence 脿 presque la violenter je m'attendais au pire !
mais j'avoue, je pense que j'aurais pu me douter que l'amant et le mari 茅tait la m锚me personne quand Max dit : J'aime les grosses et je crois que le soir, quand Richard rentre, il contredit cette parole et Sarah dit "mais ? tu disais l'inverse avant ?"
Bref j'avoue il faudrait que je relise avec mon cerveau un peu plus focus mais en soit ce fut agr茅able ! lecture tr猫s tr猫s fluide pour du th茅芒tre ! Ce ne fut pas la torture habituelle
Cependant ne connaissant rien de l'auteur et de la 辫颈猫肠别 en repr茅sentation, je dois avouer que franchement j'茅tais grave angoiss茅e car PERSONNELLEMENT je n'avais pas deviner que Richard 茅tait Max et toute les instances de RP au d茅but o霉 "Max" commence 脿 presque la violenter je m'attendais au pire !
mais j'avoue, je pense que j'aurais pu me douter que l'amant et le mari 茅tait la m锚me personne quand Max dit : J'aime les grosses et je crois que le soir, quand Richard rentre, il contredit cette parole et Sarah dit "mais ? tu disais l'inverse avant ?"
Bref j'avoue il faudrait que je relise avec mon cerveau un peu plus focus mais en soit ce fut agr茅able ! lecture tr猫s tr猫s fluide pour du th茅芒tre ! Ce ne fut pas la torture habituelle
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October 25, 2024
I think it's been decades (!) since I last read this (for a college course?), but what a difference a few decades make. I think I remember not being a fan of this one the first time through as the fact that the husband and wife are also being their lovers was more of a twist, but reading it this time with that element already in mind before the reveal really shows Pinter as an Actor's Playwright, as seeing how the couple speak to each other about their lovers reflects on their marriage is quite intriguing.
January 5, 2025
賲孬賱 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏й� 賯丿蹖賲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 禺賵丿卮賵賳 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿賳 賵賱蹖 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 讴賴 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖讴賳賳 丿乇 賲乇賵乇 夭賲丕賳 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賵 賳賵 亘賵丿賳 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖丿賳 貙 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 賴賲 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賳賵卮鬲賳 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丿蹖毓 賵 賳賵诏乇丕 亘賵丿賴 賵賱蹖 丕賱丕賳 丕夭 丕賵賳 胤乇丕賵鬲 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 .
May 12, 2020
Muy interesante. En sus pocas p谩ginas esta llena de giros.
September 2, 2021
Pinter is just... oh my.
December 29, 2021
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March 31, 2022
Read it in my textual analysis class and really liked it. Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, in my opinion.
October 29, 2022
2/6 points, play-script, one of my most beloved theatre plays with Boy Gobert & Ingrid Andree. But the script itself not that exciting
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