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亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 禺丕賳賴
When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in London, he finds his family still living in the house. In the conflict that follows, it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy.
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
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Harold Pinter
346听books763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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December 23, 2017
Max is the self-glorifying, violent old patriarch of the house in which lives his mild-mannered, ineffectual brother, a psychopathic pimp of a son, and the youngest son, whose violence is legal, he's a boxer. They trade taunts and insults and menace and there is nothing positive in their relationships. The old man is widowed, the others all single, there is nothing in even one of them to attract a woman.
One night, sneaking into the house he left six years before comes the oldest son and his wife. He's the brilliant one, the PhD, the teacher of philosophy in an American university. He's brought with him his wife, a woman from close by but whom he never told his family about.
At first they think she is a prostitute and speak to her in vile ways, but although she starts out as strong and in control, she uses her seductive power on the sons, and thinks nothing of sexual play short of intercourse with a brother in law. And strangely neither does her husband who had sensed something was amiss before that episode and wanted to leave and return home to their suburban American life.
Ruth, the wife, discloses she was a body model, a glamour model, or maybe that was a euphemism, and by the end of the play, she's left her husband to accept their offer to be woman of the house, sexual favours for all and a little housework thrown in, and to prostitute herself to bring in money for the household. All she asks for is the trappings of a high-class whore. The husband accepted all this, didn't really try and persuade her out of it, didn't rail at his family for suggesting such things. He just lectured them on what it meant to be a philosopher and see life clearly. He decides to return to the US and look after his now motherless three sons.
This to me is what the play was all about. That the eldest son, Teddy, might have escaped, might have the brains, but his mother had been a whore, his uncle had driven her to appointments, his father had lived off her money, one of his brothers was a pimp, and both of his brothers raped women and this is how he saw life. His wife might have been a whore and was certainly going to be one...
One cannot escape one's early life, the culture, that is the true way in which we see the world. It doesn't matter how far you go, how tall the tree grows into the sunshine, the roots, your roots, are buried in the dank earth and whatever decays and creeps around down there is who you really are.
Or maybe not. Maybe Pinter meant something else entirely different.
One night, sneaking into the house he left six years before comes the oldest son and his wife. He's the brilliant one, the PhD, the teacher of philosophy in an American university. He's brought with him his wife, a woman from close by but whom he never told his family about.
At first they think she is a prostitute and speak to her in vile ways, but although she starts out as strong and in control, she uses her seductive power on the sons, and thinks nothing of sexual play short of intercourse with a brother in law. And strangely neither does her husband who had sensed something was amiss before that episode and wanted to leave and return home to their suburban American life.
Ruth, the wife, discloses she was a body model, a glamour model, or maybe that was a euphemism, and by the end of the play, she's left her husband to accept their offer to be woman of the house, sexual favours for all and a little housework thrown in, and to prostitute herself to bring in money for the household. All she asks for is the trappings of a high-class whore. The husband accepted all this, didn't really try and persuade her out of it, didn't rail at his family for suggesting such things. He just lectured them on what it meant to be a philosopher and see life clearly. He decides to return to the US and look after his now motherless three sons.
This to me is what the play was all about. That the eldest son, Teddy, might have escaped, might have the brains, but his mother had been a whore, his uncle had driven her to appointments, his father had lived off her money, one of his brothers was a pimp, and both of his brothers raped women and this is how he saw life. His wife might have been a whore and was certainly going to be one...
One cannot escape one's early life, the culture, that is the true way in which we see the world. It doesn't matter how far you go, how tall the tree grows into the sunshine, the roots, your roots, are buried in the dank earth and whatever decays and creeps around down there is who you really are.
Or maybe not. Maybe Pinter meant something else entirely different.
May 2, 2022
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The Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter and it was first published in 1965. Set in North London, the play has six characters. Five of these are men who are related to each other: Max, a retired butcher; his brother Sam, a chauffeur; and Max's three sons 鈥� Teddy, an expatriate American philosophy professor; Lenny, who appears to be a pimp; and Joey, a would-be boxer in training who works in demolition. There is one woman, Ruth, who is Teddy's wife. The play concerns Teddy's and Ruth's "homecoming," which has distinctly different symbolic and thematic implications.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 11/02/1401賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter and it was first published in 1965. Set in North London, the play has six characters. Five of these are men who are related to each other: Max, a retired butcher; his brother Sam, a chauffeur; and Max's three sons 鈥� Teddy, an expatriate American philosophy professor; Lenny, who appears to be a pimp; and Joey, a would-be boxer in training who works in demolition. There is one woman, Ruth, who is Teddy's wife. The play concerns Teddy's and Ruth's "homecoming," which has distinctly different symbolic and thematic implications.
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September 14, 2022
賲賳 毓丕卮賯 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 賴丕蹖 賲讴 丿賵賳丕 賴爻鬲賲 賵 亘賴 賲毓賳蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 讴賱賲賴 鬲賵蹖 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕 賵 賮囟丕卮 睾乇賯 賲蹖卮賲. 毓丕卮賯 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴貙 讴賵亘賳丿賴 賵 丨鬲蹖 亘蹖 賲毓賳蹖 丕賲.
丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 乇賵 讴賴 賲讴 丿賵賳丕 賳賳賵卮鬲賴 :))
丌乇賴! 賵賱蹖 賲讴 丿賵賳丕 诏賮鬲賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏蹖 丕夭 丿賵 賳賮乇 禺蹖賱蹖 鬲丕孬蹖乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 讴賴 蹖讴蹖卮 賴丕乇賵賱丿 倬蹖賳鬲乇 毓賴 賵 丕賵賳 蹖讴蹖 丿蹖賵蹖丿 賲賲鬲.
禺亘 丨丕賱丕 丕蹖賳丕 趩賴 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴 賴賲 丿丕乇賳責
乇亘胤卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲 乇賵 亘丕賱丕 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿. 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賱丕. 丕賲丕 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 賯蹖丕賮賲 亘毓丿 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 卮亘蹖賴 夭賱 夭丿賳丕蹖 爻蹖丕賲讴 丕賳氐丕乇蹖 亘賴 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 卮丿.
賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 丿賵鬲丕 倬乇丿賴 丿丕乇賴貙 鬲丕 丌禺乇 倬乇丿賴 丕賵賱 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿貙 诏賮鬲賲 丕蹖賳 賴賲賵賳蹖賴 讴賴 賲蹖卮賴 毓丕卮賯卮 卮丿. 賵 賲賳鬲馗乇 丕鬲賮丕賯丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 禺賮賳 亘丕丨丕賱 賵 鬲噩丕賵夭 賵 鬲蹖讴賴 鬲蹖讴賴 讴乇丿賳 亘賵丿賲. 丕賲丕 鬲賵蹖 倬乇丿賴 丿賵賲 賵丕賯毓丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖 丌卮賮鬲賴 賵 亘丿噩賵乇 爻賵乇卅丕賱 卮丿. 賵 賲賳 賴蹖趩蹖 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲. 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賴蹖趩蹖. 丕賱亘鬲賴 倬蹖丕賲卮 乇賵 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 賵賱蹖 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳噩賵乇蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 亘毓賳賵丕賳 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 丕孬乇 倬蹖賳鬲乇 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴.
禺亘 亘賴乇丨丕賱 賯乇丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賲賳 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭賵 亘賮賴賲賲. 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 賵賯鬲蹖 丕夭 倬蹖賳鬲乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵賳丿賲 亘鬲賵賳賲 亘賮賴賲賲 丕卮. 卮丕蹖丿 丕賱丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 禺丕賲賲.
亘賴乇丨丕賱 丕賲乇賵夭 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭賲 亘賴卮 鄄/鄣 賴爻鬲卮. 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴乇賵夭 丕丿蹖鬲 讴乇丿賲 .
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丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵賵 丨丕氐賱 賴賲禺賵丕賳蹖 亘丕 爻毓蹖丿 亘賵丿 賵 賴賲卮 乇賵 丕夭 乇賵蹖 丨乇賮丕蹖 丕賵賳 讴倬蹖 讴乇丿賲.
丕蹖賲賵噩蹖 毓乇賯 卮乇賲.
丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 乇賵 讴賴 賲讴 丿賵賳丕 賳賳賵卮鬲賴 :))
丌乇賴! 賵賱蹖 賲讴 丿賵賳丕 诏賮鬲賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏蹖 丕夭 丿賵 賳賮乇 禺蹖賱蹖 鬲丕孬蹖乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 讴賴 蹖讴蹖卮 賴丕乇賵賱丿 倬蹖賳鬲乇 毓賴 賵 丕賵賳 蹖讴蹖 丿蹖賵蹖丿 賲賲鬲.
禺亘 丨丕賱丕 丕蹖賳丕 趩賴 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴 賴賲 丿丕乇賳責
乇亘胤卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲 乇賵 亘丕賱丕 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿. 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賱丕. 丕賲丕 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 賯蹖丕賮賲 亘毓丿 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 卮亘蹖賴 夭賱 夭丿賳丕蹖 爻蹖丕賲讴 丕賳氐丕乇蹖 亘賴 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 卮丿.
賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 丿賵鬲丕 倬乇丿賴 丿丕乇賴貙 鬲丕 丌禺乇 倬乇丿賴 丕賵賱 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿貙 诏賮鬲賲 丕蹖賳 賴賲賵賳蹖賴 讴賴 賲蹖卮賴 毓丕卮賯卮 卮丿. 賵 賲賳鬲馗乇 丕鬲賮丕賯丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 禺賮賳 亘丕丨丕賱 賵 鬲噩丕賵夭 賵 鬲蹖讴賴 鬲蹖讴賴 讴乇丿賳 亘賵丿賲. 丕賲丕 鬲賵蹖 倬乇丿賴 丿賵賲 賵丕賯毓丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖 丌卮賮鬲賴 賵 亘丿噩賵乇 爻賵乇卅丕賱 卮丿. 賵 賲賳 賴蹖趩蹖 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲. 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賴蹖趩蹖. 丕賱亘鬲賴 倬蹖丕賲卮 乇賵 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 賵賱蹖 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳噩賵乇蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 趩乇丕 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 亘毓賳賵丕賳 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 丕孬乇 倬蹖賳鬲乇 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賲蹖卮賴.
禺亘 亘賴乇丨丕賱 賯乇丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賲賳 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭賵 亘賮賴賲賲. 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 賵賯鬲蹖 丕夭 倬蹖賳鬲乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵賳丿賲 亘鬲賵賳賲 亘賮賴賲賲 丕卮. 卮丕蹖丿 丕賱丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 禺丕賲賲.
亘賴乇丨丕賱 丕賲乇賵夭 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭賲 亘賴卮 鄄/鄣 賴爻鬲卮. 卮丕蹖丿 蹖讴乇賵夭 丕丿蹖鬲 讴乇丿賲 .
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丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵賵 丨丕氐賱 賴賲禺賵丕賳蹖 亘丕 爻毓蹖丿 亘賵丿 賵 賴賲卮 乇賵 丕夭 乇賵蹖 丨乇賮丕蹖 丕賵賳 讴倬蹖 讴乇丿賲.
丕蹖賲賵噩蹖 毓乇賯 卮乇賲.
September 8, 2023
鈥庁堌池з嗁� 诏乇丕賳賯丿乇貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖貙 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴贁 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘賽 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 丕爻鬲.. 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳賽 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖贁 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾丕賮賱诏蹖乇讴賳賳丿賴貙 倬蹖 賲蹖亘乇蹖丿 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲蹖賽 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賲卮讴賱丕鬲賽 乇賵丕賳蹖 丿丕乇賳丿... 卮睾賱 賵 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 丌賳賴丕 賴賲 賴蹖趩 鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 丿乇 賲卮讴賱丕鬲賽 乇賵丕賳蹖 丌賳賴丕 丕蹖噩丕丿 賳讴乇丿賴貙 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 丕爻鬲丕丿賽 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 亘丕卮賳丿 蹖丕 爻丕賱賴丕 丕夭 禺丕賳賴 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 亘賴 丿賵乇 亘丕卮賳丿.. 倬爻 卮賲丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕爻丕賳賴贁 賯賵蹖 賵 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖爻鬲貙 賯乇丕乇 丕爻鬲 亘丕 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 睾蹖乇毓丕丿蹖 丕夭 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴贁 賲卮讴賱 丿丕乇 賵 乇賵丕賳 倬乇蹖卮 乇賵亘乇賵 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕夭 爻賵蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲卮禺氐 丕爻鬲貙 賲卮讴賱賽 丕蹖賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 亘丕 夭賳丕賳 賵 亘蹖 丕乇夭卮 亘賵丿賳賽 噩賳爻賽 夭賳貙 賳夭丿賽 丕蹖賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕爻鬲
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鈥庂矩辟� 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙芦賲讴爻禄 賳丕賲 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 鄯郯 爻丕賱 爻賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 倬蹖乇賲乇丿蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘丿丕禺賱丕賯 賵 亘丿夭亘丕賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 賴賲賴 亘蹖 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 倬蹖卮 丕夭 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲诏蹖貙 賯氐丕亘 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲... 亘乇丕丿乇賽 讴賵趩讴鬲乇賽 賲讴爻貙 芦爻丕賲禄 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 毓賲賵 爻丕賲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鄱鄢 爻丕賱賴 亘賵丿賴 賵 丿乇 禺丕賳賴贁 丕賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 乇丕賳賳丿賴贁 鬲丕讴爻蹖爻鬲.. 賴賲爻乇賽 賲讴爻 讴賴 芦噩爻蹖禄 賳丕賲 丿丕卮鬲賴貙 賲購乇丿賴 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻丿貙 亘賴 睾蹖乇 丕夭 卮賵賴乇卮貙 亘丕 亘乇丕丿乇賽 卮賵賴乇卮 蹖毓賳蹖 爻丕賲 賵 乇賮蹖賯賽 卮賵賴乇卮 蹖毓賳蹖 芦賲讴 诏乇賴 诏賵乇 禄 賵 賲乇丿丕賳賽 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖夭 乇丕亘胤賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲
鈥庂矩池辟囏й屫� 芦賱賳蹖禄 賵 芦噩賵卅蹖禄 讴賴 賴乇讴丿丕賲 爻蹖 賵 禺賵乇丿賴 丕蹖 爻丕賱 爻賳 丿丕乇賳丿 賳蹖夭 讴賲丕讴丕賳 亘丕 倬丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳丿
鈥庂勝嗃� 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻丿貙 賮讴乇卮 禺賵亘 讴丕乇 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 乇賮鬲丕乇卮 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘 丕爻鬲 賵 诏賵蹖丕 夭賳丕賳賽 賮丕丨卮賴 乇丕 丕噩丕乇賴 賲蹖丿賴丿.. 噩賵卅蹖 賴賲 毓丕卮賯 亘賵讴爻 丕爻鬲貙 爻毓蹖 丿丕乇丿 蹖讴 亘賵讴爻乇 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 卮賵丿 賵 讴丕乇诏乇 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 丕爻鬲
鈥庁ж池з� 丕夭 噩丕蹖蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 鬲乇 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 卮亘蹖 丕夭 卮亘賴丕貙 芦鬲丿蹖禄 倬爻乇 亘夭乇诏賽 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 夭賳卮 芦乇賵鬲禄 亘賴 禺丕賳賴贁 倬丿乇蹖 賲蹖乇賵賳丿. 爻丕賱賴丕 讴爻蹖 丕夭 鬲丿蹖 禺亘乇 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賳賲蹖丿丕賳賳丿 讴賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 讴乇丿賴 賵 鬲賳賴丕 禺亘乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賳丿 讴賴 鬲丿蹖 丿讴鬲乇丕蹖 賮賱爻賮賴 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 丕爻鬲丕丿賽 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 丕爻鬲... 乇賵鬲 賴賲 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丕夭丿賵丕噩 亘丕 鬲丿蹖貙 賲丿賱賽 賱禺鬲 毓讴丕爻蹖 賵 賮丕丨卮賴 亘賵丿賴.. 鬲丿蹖 賵 乇賵鬲貙 爻賴 賮乇夭賳丿賽 倬爻乇 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丿 亘賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻 賳蹖丕賵乇丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 禺賵丿卮丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 诏乇丿卮 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕 毓丕夭賲賽 丕蹖賳 爻賮乇 卮丿賴 賵 倬爻 丕夭 诏卮鬲 賵 诏匕丕乇 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 賵 賵賳蹖夭貙 亘賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻 賵 禺丕賳賴贁 倬丿乇貙 爻賮乇 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿 鬲丕 趩賳丿 賵賯鬲蹖 丿乇 丌賳噩丕 亘賲丕賳賳丿.. 賵賱蹖 丕賵囟丕毓 亘賴 丿賱禺賵丕賴賽 鬲丿蹖 倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖乇賵丿貙 趩乇丕讴賴 倬蹖乇賲乇丿貙 亘賴 噩丕蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿蹖 诏乇賲 亘丕 鬲丿蹖貙 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賱丨馗賴贁 賳禺爻鬲貙 夭賳賽 鬲丿蹖 蹖毓賳蹖 乇賵鬲 乇丕 噩賳丿賴贁 乇禺鬲 卮賵乇 賵 爻賮賱蹖爻蹖賽 讴孬蹖賮 禺胤丕亘 賲蹖讴賳丿
鈥広嗃屫槽� 丕夭 賲丕賳丿賳賽 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 賳诏匕卮鬲賴 讴賴 賱賳蹖 亘丕 乇賵鬲 賲蹖乇賯氐丿 賵 噩賵卅蹖 亘丕 丕賵 賴賲亘爻鬲乇 卮丿賴 賵 爻讴爻 賲蹖讴賳丿
鈥庁з� 倬爻乇賴丕 賵 倬丿乇 賵 毓賲賵貙 亘丕 賴賲 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕丿蹖 賲卮賵乇鬲 賲蹖讴賳賳丿 讴賴 乇賵鬲 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賳丿.. 鬲丿蹖 亘賴 爻乇丕睾賽 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 乇賵丿 賵 乇賵鬲 丿乇 賱賳丿賳 賵 丿乇 禺丕賳賴贁 賲讴爻 賳夭丿賽 禺賵丿卮 賵 倬爻乇丕賳卮 亘賲丕賳丿.. 賵賱蹖 亘丕蹖丿 賲賱丕丨馗丕鬲賽 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 乇丕 賳蹖夭 丿乇 賳馗乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿!!! 亘丕蹖丿 賴乇讴丿丕賲 賲賯丿丕乇蹖 倬賵賱 亘賴 丕賵 亘丿賴賳丿 賵 賲賯乇乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖卮 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 讴賳賳丿. 亘賴 賴乇 丨丕賱 夭賳賽 亘蹖趩丕乇賴 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇丿 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 噩賵乇丕亘 蹖丕 賱亘丕爻 亘禺乇丿.. 賵賱蹖 亘毓丿 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳丿貙 乇賵鬲 乇丕 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳賽 賮丕丨卮賴貙 賴乇 卮亘 丕噩丕乇賴 亘丿賴賳丿 鬲丕 禺乇噩賽 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 丿乇亘蹖丕賵乇丿貙 丕賱亘鬲賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 賴乇 亘蹖 爻乇 賵 倬丕蹖蹖 爻讴爻 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賮賯胤 賲乇丿丕賳賽 賲鬲卮禺氐.. 亘賴 賴乇 丨丕賱 賴乇趩賴 賳亘丕卮丿貙 乇賵鬲 毓乇賵爻賽 丕蹖賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕爻鬲!!!! 丨鬲蹖 鬲丿蹖 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘乇丕蹖 乇賵鬲 賲卮鬲乇蹖 噩賵乇 讴賳丿 賵 丕夭 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丕爻丕鬲蹖丿賽 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻 爻賮乇 賲蹖讴賳賳丿 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 毓卮賯 賵 丨丕賱 賵 爻讴爻貙 亘賴 禺丕賳賴贁 賲讴爻 亘賮乇爻鬲丿
鈥庂佢┴� 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 诏賵蹖丕 丕蹖賳 乇賮鬲丕乇 賳爻賱 亘賴 賳爻賱 亘丕蹖丿 噩丕乇蹖 亘丕卮丿貙 賲讴爻 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 噩賵卅蹖貙 爻賴 倬爻乇 丿丕卮鬲賳丿 賵 讴丕乇卮丕賳 亘賴 賮丨卮丕 讴卮蹖丿賴 賵 丨丕賱 賲毓賱賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲 爻乇賳賵卮鬲賽 爻賴 倬爻乇賽 鬲丿蹖 賵 乇賵鬲貙 趩賴 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿
鈥庁关槽屫藏з嗁呚� 亘賴鬲乇 丕爻鬲 禺賵丿鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖贁 毓噩蹖亘 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 賵 丕夭 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲賽 丌賳 丌诏丕賴 卮賵蹖丿
鈥庂勝嗃�: 賲噩賴賵賱 趩胤賵乇蹖 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 爻夭丕賵丕乇賽 倬乇爻鬲卮 亘丕卮丿責 亘賴 毓亘丕乇鬲 丿蹖诏賴貙 趩胤賵乇 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳蹖賲 趩蹖夭蹖 乇丕 讴賴 丕夭卮 亘蹖 禺亘乇蹖賲貙 倬乇爻鬲卮 讴賳蹖賲責
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鈥庁з呟屫堌ж辟� 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 丿乇 噩賴鬲賽 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 讴丕賮蹖 賵 賲賮蹖丿 亘賵丿賴 亘丕卮賴
鈥幝聚屫辟堌� 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖禄
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鈥庁з呟屫堌ж辟� 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 丿乇 噩賴鬲賽 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 讴丕賮蹖 賵 賲賮蹖丿 亘賵丿賴 亘丕卮賴
鈥幝聚屫辟堌� 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖禄
March 14, 2025
Harold Pinter's theater is similar to the existentialist theater ("Hell is other people") and the absurdist theater of Jean Genet. The absurd lies with them in the human relationships, the unhealthy relationships between the characters, and the situation is tense to the point of no return. And the spectator/reader knows it will become a tragedy from the start. In the end, the drama turns not to the tragic but to the sordid.
The subject addressed in the play is disturbing, not just a little, because Harold Pinter tackles what is sacred for many. He takes it out on the family. From the start, we witness an impossible dialogue between a father and his son. Other tense exchanges follow, bitter, violent memories resurface, and resentment, and one wonders if the happy days evoked at times do not also hide an inevitable underlying violence. When you see the list of characters, you understand that there is a generational conflict, but the brothers don't get along either. The old family quarrels resurface with each movement and word, and readers wonder when the family sphere will burst. It is then that the other brother arrives, and his wife, the only female character in the play, is the only woman among all these men. She is a married woman and a mother of three children. Will she be able to appease them? More or less.
Remember, I warned you. The ending is sordid.
The subject addressed in the play is disturbing, not just a little, because Harold Pinter tackles what is sacred for many. He takes it out on the family. From the start, we witness an impossible dialogue between a father and his son. Other tense exchanges follow, bitter, violent memories resurface, and resentment, and one wonders if the happy days evoked at times do not also hide an inevitable underlying violence. When you see the list of characters, you understand that there is a generational conflict, but the brothers don't get along either. The old family quarrels resurface with each movement and word, and readers wonder when the family sphere will burst. It is then that the other brother arrives, and his wife, the only female character in the play, is the only woman among all these men. She is a married woman and a mother of three children. Will she be able to appease them? More or less.
Remember, I warned you. The ending is sordid.
November 7, 2023
I have given up hope of ever seeing this play...a surreal perspective on the Madonna-whore complex identified by Freud - Pinter has a gift for 'abstract echoism' that confronts the audience with 'scaffolding of belief' when constructural orientation is lost. Harold Pinter is a very challenging playwright who is always forcing the audience to look deeper into questions that define our humanity.
September 9, 2018
I reread this after reading just the other day and it's a natural progression for both Pinter and the reader. The decrepit boardinghouses of the two earlier plays have become an old family home; the characters are more developed; the dialogue is richer and both more and less nuanced. The woman is still a focal point, but she no longer jabbers to herself because the men in her life tune her out: she is reflective, quietly assertive, and silent on her own behalf when their sordid needs arise and they want an answer from her.
I first read this for a class over thirty years ago and I have no memory of what my 18- or 19-year-old self thought of it (or what I was told to think of it). I reread my now cover-less (due to this read) copy from then and could see I'd bracketed a few lines (even back then I hated the look of underlining or, even worse, highlighting) and made a minimal amount of notes in the margins. Next to a speech by Teddy (the homecoming son) I'd written "he's like Clov, not Hamm" -- a reference to Beckett's , which maybe I read for the same class.
This was the first Pinter I read, but not the last, and I consider him one of my favorite playwrights, so something must've gone right in the course, whatever it was called and whoever the professor was. Perhaps he was the old Jesuit priest from Ireland that also taught me Joyce. He loved James Joyce and disliked -- we only read so he could criticize it, it seemed to me -- or was that me who didn't like the Cary, or was that me because of him. Sorry for the ramble, as this is not one of Pinter's so-called memory plays, but even here truth is malleable and memory does not unlock it.
I first read this for a class over thirty years ago and I have no memory of what my 18- or 19-year-old self thought of it (or what I was told to think of it). I reread my now cover-less (due to this read) copy from then and could see I'd bracketed a few lines (even back then I hated the look of underlining or, even worse, highlighting) and made a minimal amount of notes in the margins. Next to a speech by Teddy (the homecoming son) I'd written "he's like Clov, not Hamm" -- a reference to Beckett's , which maybe I read for the same class.
This was the first Pinter I read, but not the last, and I consider him one of my favorite playwrights, so something must've gone right in the course, whatever it was called and whoever the professor was. Perhaps he was the old Jesuit priest from Ireland that also taught me Joyce. He loved James Joyce and disliked -- we only read so he could criticize it, it seemed to me -- or was that me who didn't like the Cary, or was that me because of him. Sorry for the ramble, as this is not one of Pinter's so-called memory plays, but even here truth is malleable and memory does not unlock it.
September 14, 2009
Incredibly disturbing...
Without painting broad strokes of flagrant violence, obscene language, or the like, Pinter still manages to create an environment of unparalleled menace. His tools are simply language (or, rather, what isn't said) and layers of paradox that rise from a triumviri of inconsistent character behaviors, statuses, and conceptions of the past.
While reading, I found myself continually doubting the "validity" of what nearly every character did and said. Did I mention this play is also incredibly funny?
Though "The Homecoming" is a major mind-warper in terms of characters' behavior, it's ultimately very transparent. The facts are stated, quite clearly; it's simply unthinkable to the viewer that what's going on is unchallenged.
Unsurprisingly, critics lambasted "The Homecoming" for various reasons -- my favorite being its "amorality" and "thematic ambiguity." I mean, how can a play be so riveting yet still make you ask, "what was the 'point' of that story?" Pinter's a unique talent who will certainly be missed.
Without painting broad strokes of flagrant violence, obscene language, or the like, Pinter still manages to create an environment of unparalleled menace. His tools are simply language (or, rather, what isn't said) and layers of paradox that rise from a triumviri of inconsistent character behaviors, statuses, and conceptions of the past.
While reading, I found myself continually doubting the "validity" of what nearly every character did and said. Did I mention this play is also incredibly funny?
Though "The Homecoming" is a major mind-warper in terms of characters' behavior, it's ultimately very transparent. The facts are stated, quite clearly; it's simply unthinkable to the viewer that what's going on is unchallenged.
Unsurprisingly, critics lambasted "The Homecoming" for various reasons -- my favorite being its "amorality" and "thematic ambiguity." I mean, how can a play be so riveting yet still make you ask, "what was the 'point' of that story?" Pinter's a unique talent who will certainly be missed.
October 8, 2014
Quite a few books you read/movies and plays you watched in your youth tend to disappoint when you are of a "ripe/mature" age - but this play, which I saw on stage in London at age eighteen, had not lost any of its riveting qualities when I read it tonight, thirty-six years later - within the space of less than two hours. In less than a hundred pages Pinter manages to turn the grotesque into the plausible by making an eerily antisocial milieu come to life. "Chapeau"!
July 24, 2012
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丕氐賱蹖鈥屫臂屬� 賲賵乇丿蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 亘賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟� 亘丨孬 賲丕丿乇-賲毓卮賵賯賴 賴爻鬲卮. 夭賳 亘賴 賲孬丕亘賴 丕賵亘跇賴 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴爻鬲賴鈥屫й�. 丨鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 丕賵亘跇賴 卮丿诏蹖 夭賳 丿乇 亘蹖賳 賯卮乇 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇 賵 丌讴丕丿賲蹖讴 (讴賴 賳賲丕蹖賳丿賴鈥屫� 鬲丿蹖 賴爻鬲卮 賵 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲讴丕乇丕賳卮 讴賴 賯乇丕乇 賲卮鬲乇蹖鈥屬囏й� 賲丕卮蹖賳-亘丿賳 乇賵鬲 卮賵賳丿) 賵 賯卮乇 倬乇賵賱鬲丕乇蹖丕 (讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 丕賮乇丕丿 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 賳賲丕蹖賳丿诏丕賳 丌賳 賴爻鬲賳丿) 亘賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟�. 賵賯鬲蹖 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 夭賳 丿乇賲賵乇丿 丕賯丕賲鬲卮 亘丨孬 賲蹖鈥屫促� 貙 丿乇賲賵乇丿 卮睾賱卮 亘乇丕蹖 禺乇噩蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇丌賵乇丿賳 (乇賵爻倬蹖鈥屭臂�) 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕蹖噩丕丿 爻賱胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕賵 (丨鬲蹖 鬲丿蹖 賴賲 賳賲蹖诏賴 丕賵賳 禺賵丿卮 亘丕蹖丿 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘诏蹖乇賴 氐乇賮丕 賲蹖诏賴 賲賳 賮讴乇 賳賲蹖讴賳賲 丕賵賳 丕蹖賳 胤賵乇蹖 亘禺賵丕丿貙 蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屭�: 丕賵賳 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 亘丕 賲賳 亘乇诏乇丿賴貙 賲丕 爻賴 鬲丕 倬爻乇 丿丕乇蹖賲!) 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 賮蹖夭蹖讴蹖 (爻禺賳 乇丕賳丿賳 丕夭 亘丿賳 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 亘丿賳 賲賲讴賳) 讴丕賲賱賳 賳賲丕丿賴丕蹖 賲乇丿-倬丿乇 爻丕賱丕乇丕賳賴鈥屰� 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 乇丕 賲賵卮讴丕賮蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丨鬲蹖 倬爻 丕夭 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 夭賳 丨囟賵乇 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘丿賳 丕賵亘跇賴 卮丿賴 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 賲爻卅賱賴 賲丕賱蹖 (賵 賳賴 賱匕鬲) 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲亘丕乇夭丕賳 爻賱胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫�. 夭賳蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟� 賲毓卮賵賯賴 賵 讴丕乇诏乇 噩賳爻蹖 賲卮鬲蹖 賲乇丿 亘卮賴 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 禺賵賳賴 賵 賱亘丕爻 賵 禺賵乇丿 賵 禺賵乇丕讴.鈥�
讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲丕噩乇丕 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿乇丌禺乇 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿丕賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘丕 賴賲 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賳 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀� 賵 丕賵 賲丕丿乇賵丕乇 爻賵倬乇丕诏賵蹖 賴賲賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 丨鬲蹖 倬蹖乇鬲乇蹖賳卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫促� 鬲丕 禺賵丿 爻賱胤賴鈥屭臂� 亘賴 賳賵毓 丿蹖诏乇 (賲丕丿乇诏賵賳賴) 乇丕 亘丕夭鬲賵賱蹖丿 讴賳丿.鈥�
爻賱胤賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴鈥屰� 賲丿乇賳 丕夭 亘蹖賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賵 氐乇賮丕 亘丕 卮讴賱鈥屬囏� 賵 乇賵卮鈥屬囏� 賲禺鬲賱賮 亘丕夭鬲賵賱蹖丿 賵 亘丕夭丌賮乇蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丿乇 賯丕賲鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 丕卮讴丕賱 賳丕賴賲诏賵賳 賵 賲鬲囟丕丿 賴賲!鈥�
丕氐賱蹖鈥屫臂屬� 賲賵乇丿蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 亘賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟� 亘丨孬 賲丕丿乇-賲毓卮賵賯賴 賴爻鬲卮. 夭賳 亘賴 賲孬丕亘賴 丕賵亘跇賴 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴爻鬲賴鈥屫й�. 丨鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 丕賵亘跇賴 卮丿诏蹖 夭賳 丿乇 亘蹖賳 賯卮乇 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇 賵 丌讴丕丿賲蹖讴 (讴賴 賳賲丕蹖賳丿賴鈥屫� 鬲丿蹖 賴爻鬲卮 賵 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲讴丕乇丕賳卮 讴賴 賯乇丕乇 賲卮鬲乇蹖鈥屬囏й� 賲丕卮蹖賳-亘丿賳 乇賵鬲 卮賵賳丿) 賵 賯卮乇 倬乇賵賱鬲丕乇蹖丕 (讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 丕賮乇丕丿 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲赖 賳賲丕蹖賳丿诏丕賳 丌賳 賴爻鬲賳丿) 亘賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟�. 賵賯鬲蹖 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 夭賳 丿乇賲賵乇丿 丕賯丕賲鬲卮 亘丨孬 賲蹖鈥屫促� 貙 丿乇賲賵乇丿 卮睾賱卮 亘乇丕蹖 禺乇噩蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇丌賵乇丿賳 (乇賵爻倬蹖鈥屭臂�) 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕蹖噩丕丿 爻賱胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕賵 (丨鬲蹖 鬲丿蹖 賴賲 賳賲蹖诏賴 丕賵賳 禺賵丿卮 亘丕蹖丿 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘诏蹖乇賴 氐乇賮丕 賲蹖诏賴 賲賳 賮讴乇 賳賲蹖讴賳賲 丕賵賳 丕蹖賳 胤賵乇蹖 亘禺賵丕丿貙 蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屭�: 丕賵賳 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 亘丕 賲賳 亘乇诏乇丿賴貙 賲丕 爻賴 鬲丕 倬爻乇 丿丕乇蹖賲!) 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 賮蹖夭蹖讴蹖 (爻禺賳 乇丕賳丿賳 丕夭 亘丿賳 亘蹖鈥屫顿堌� 亘丿賳 賲賲讴賳) 讴丕賲賱賳 賳賲丕丿賴丕蹖 賲乇丿-倬丿乇 爻丕賱丕乇丕賳賴鈥屰� 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 乇丕 賲賵卮讴丕賮蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丨鬲蹖 倬爻 丕夭 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 夭賳 丨囟賵乇 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘丿賳 丕賵亘跇賴 卮丿賴 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 賲爻卅賱賴 賲丕賱蹖 (賵 賳賴 賱匕鬲) 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲亘丕乇夭丕賳 爻賱胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫�. 夭賳蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟� 賲毓卮賵賯賴 賵 讴丕乇诏乇 噩賳爻蹖 賲卮鬲蹖 賲乇丿 亘卮賴 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 禺賵賳賴 賵 賱亘丕爻 賵 禺賵乇丿 賵 禺賵乇丕讴.鈥�
讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲丕噩乇丕 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿乇丌禺乇 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿丕賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘丕 賴賲 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賳 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀� 賵 丕賵 賲丕丿乇賵丕乇 爻賵倬乇丕诏賵蹖 賴賲賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 丨鬲蹖 倬蹖乇鬲乇蹖賳卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫促� 鬲丕 禺賵丿 爻賱胤賴鈥屭臂� 亘賴 賳賵毓 丿蹖诏乇 (賲丕丿乇诏賵賳賴) 乇丕 亘丕夭鬲賵賱蹖丿 讴賳丿.鈥�
爻賱胤賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴鈥屰� 賲丿乇賳 丕夭 亘蹖賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賵 氐乇賮丕 亘丕 卮讴賱鈥屬囏� 賵 乇賵卮鈥屬囏� 賲禺鬲賱賮 亘丕夭鬲賵賱蹖丿 賵 亘丕夭丌賮乇蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丿乇 賯丕賲鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 丕卮讴丕賱 賳丕賴賲诏賵賳 賵 賲鬲囟丕丿 賴賲!鈥�
December 11, 2016
What the actual eff.
I'm curious about what my professor is going to say about this because wtf.
I'm curious about what my professor is going to say about this because wtf.
August 16, 2019
I鈥檝e been in a mood to see 鈥� and to read 鈥� some plays. Here鈥檚 one of them鈥�
This is a mad play 鈥� a mad, mad, mad play. Mad as in the old-fashioned, before-we-had-names-for-every-kind-of-mental-illness mad. Like before 1980 or thereabouts. Mad as in 鈥榟e鈥檚 going mad,鈥� or 鈥榳hat, is he mad?鈥� Acting outside of all acceptable moral and societal expectations 鈥� like way outside. And so鈥�
Teddy is coming home to his working class roots, his family in England. He鈥檚 a professor of philosophy in the US and has brought his wife with him. Max, his father, is crazy-mad, one moment doling out the lovey-dovey-ness and even 鈥榗uddling鈥� with his sons, (I don鈥檛 think it means what I think it means today.), and in the next calling them every profane and sickening curse he can. (So what is his mental illness, do ya think?) His other two sons are just the same: Lenny, who鈥檚 described as a pimp but doesn鈥檛 DO much pimping in the play, and Joey, who鈥檚 training to be a boxer. Max鈥檚 sons give it right back to him, word for word. Swearing and cursing but then suddenly asking if he鈥檚 going to make supper? There鈥檚 also Sam, Max鈥檚 unmarried brother, a chauffeur who likes to brag about who he鈥檚 chauffeuring around 鈥� including Max鈥檚 late wife.
It鈥檚 a house of mad people, I tell you 鈥� and that鈥檚 true with the other definition of the word. These guys are really, intolerably angry with each other. There鈥檚 barely two among this group 鈥� all men 鈥� who can stand one another. But then there鈥檚 Teddy, soft and sensitive, who brings into all this his wife and she鈥檚 鈥� well, she鈥檚 something else altogether. Gorgeous and very forward, and Teddy鈥檚 manly family is quite taken with her.
It鈥檚 a short play, but intense, and sort of rocked the theater world back in the 60鈥檚 鈥� and that was a time when many 鈥榮hocking鈥� plays were being written and staged. Truthfully, I think if I were one of the first to see this play, and hadn鈥檛 read about it, I鈥檇 have been shocked myself and I鈥檓 fairly tolerant (blas茅?) when it comes to language, politics, the whole shebang. Anyhow, something to think about long after reading 鈥� or viewing it, I鈥檇 imagine.
Four stars
This is a mad play 鈥� a mad, mad, mad play. Mad as in the old-fashioned, before-we-had-names-for-every-kind-of-mental-illness mad. Like before 1980 or thereabouts. Mad as in 鈥榟e鈥檚 going mad,鈥� or 鈥榳hat, is he mad?鈥� Acting outside of all acceptable moral and societal expectations 鈥� like way outside. And so鈥�
Teddy is coming home to his working class roots, his family in England. He鈥檚 a professor of philosophy in the US and has brought his wife with him. Max, his father, is crazy-mad, one moment doling out the lovey-dovey-ness and even 鈥榗uddling鈥� with his sons, (I don鈥檛 think it means what I think it means today.), and in the next calling them every profane and sickening curse he can. (So what is his mental illness, do ya think?) His other two sons are just the same: Lenny, who鈥檚 described as a pimp but doesn鈥檛 DO much pimping in the play, and Joey, who鈥檚 training to be a boxer. Max鈥檚 sons give it right back to him, word for word. Swearing and cursing but then suddenly asking if he鈥檚 going to make supper? There鈥檚 also Sam, Max鈥檚 unmarried brother, a chauffeur who likes to brag about who he鈥檚 chauffeuring around 鈥� including Max鈥檚 late wife.
It鈥檚 a house of mad people, I tell you 鈥� and that鈥檚 true with the other definition of the word. These guys are really, intolerably angry with each other. There鈥檚 barely two among this group 鈥� all men 鈥� who can stand one another. But then there鈥檚 Teddy, soft and sensitive, who brings into all this his wife and she鈥檚 鈥� well, she鈥檚 something else altogether. Gorgeous and very forward, and Teddy鈥檚 manly family is quite taken with her.
It鈥檚 a short play, but intense, and sort of rocked the theater world back in the 60鈥檚 鈥� and that was a time when many 鈥榮hocking鈥� plays were being written and staged. Truthfully, I think if I were one of the first to see this play, and hadn鈥檛 read about it, I鈥檇 have been shocked myself and I鈥檓 fairly tolerant (blas茅?) when it comes to language, politics, the whole shebang. Anyhow, something to think about long after reading 鈥� or viewing it, I鈥檇 imagine.
Four stars
February 5, 2016
"The Homecoming" was labeled by one early critic as a "comedy of menace", and I feel that sums it up better than anything else I have heard. This is a dark, deeply ambiguous, and funny play. I first read this play in college, and then again recently, soon after seeing an excellent production of it at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario Canada staring Brian Dennehy. Being older and more experienced, I feel much better about the play then I did when I first encountered it years ago.
I am hesitant to say what the play is about, because even after seeing a very good production, and reading the text closely, there are a myriad of possibilities about how to interpret the script, and the nuances therein. The play certainly is about family relationships, sexual jealousy, gender power dynamics, and many other things to boot. And yet, Pinter never gives us an insight into what he really thinks about these things, and at times I am not even sure the characters do. And it works!
A strength of the play are the characters Max and Lenny. In Lenny especially Pinter has created a daunting and very intriguing character that can make the audience squirm in their seats. He is dark, funny, smart, and a pimp. A wonderful role for a talented performer to sink his teeth into. In fact, all of the roles have wonderful possibilities in performance.
However, the greatest power in the play lies not in what is said, but rather in what is NOT said. It is there that the reader is stimulated into following up on hints in the text, and making up most of the story for themselves in their head. The infamous "Pinter pause" is certainly on display in this work. I can imagine many interesting conversations to be had while arguing about what the play is really saying.
Some readers hate that ambiguity, I love it. It is a personal preference so be warned, if you pick up "The Homecoming" you will be left with more questions than answers.
I am hesitant to say what the play is about, because even after seeing a very good production, and reading the text closely, there are a myriad of possibilities about how to interpret the script, and the nuances therein. The play certainly is about family relationships, sexual jealousy, gender power dynamics, and many other things to boot. And yet, Pinter never gives us an insight into what he really thinks about these things, and at times I am not even sure the characters do. And it works!
A strength of the play are the characters Max and Lenny. In Lenny especially Pinter has created a daunting and very intriguing character that can make the audience squirm in their seats. He is dark, funny, smart, and a pimp. A wonderful role for a talented performer to sink his teeth into. In fact, all of the roles have wonderful possibilities in performance.
However, the greatest power in the play lies not in what is said, but rather in what is NOT said. It is there that the reader is stimulated into following up on hints in the text, and making up most of the story for themselves in their head. The infamous "Pinter pause" is certainly on display in this work. I can imagine many interesting conversations to be had while arguing about what the play is really saying.
Some readers hate that ambiguity, I love it. It is a personal preference so be warned, if you pick up "The Homecoming" you will be left with more questions than answers.
January 19, 2017
I didn't like this play. It's seedy and mean, full of horrible characters treating each other badly. That doesn't mean that it's not a good play, maybe even a great one, because that was exactly what Pinter was going for, in his so called comedy menace period.
There are power plays and power shifts. There are threats and responses, as well as sparse pointed dialogue, increasingly absurd behaviour and a nasty spin in the tail.
There are power plays and power shifts. There are threats and responses, as well as sparse pointed dialogue, increasingly absurd behaviour and a nasty spin in the tail.
October 22, 2017
what did i just read ???
January 10, 2009
Sick. Just Sick. I don't care if there's a deeper meaning to this book. To make up a story so immensely wrong is unbelievable.
Great job, Harold. You just proved yourself one of the most twisted-in-the-head people on Earth. Oh, sorry my mistake. In the afterlife. Hopefully this strange imagination of yours didnt go with you... rest in peace.
Great job, Harold. You just proved yourself one of the most twisted-in-the-head people on Earth. Oh, sorry my mistake. In the afterlife. Hopefully this strange imagination of yours didnt go with you... rest in peace.
September 26, 2016
亘匕丕乇賷丿 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賰賳賲貙 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 丕賷賳 賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 丕賷賳 亘賴 匕賴賳賲 丕賵賲丿:
"who the ... gave you the noble prize, you pervert ... of the ....., we are not at all interested in you sexual fantasies"
丕賳賯丿乇 丨乇氐 禺賵乇丿賲 賲賷禺賵丕爻鬲賲 爻乇 賰賱丕爻 賳乇乇乇乇賲貙 丕賲乇賵夭 丕賲丕 賯胤毓丕 賷賰賷 丕夭 賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 賴丕賷 賲賵乇丿 毓賱丕賯賲賴. 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 倬賷賳鬲乇 賳亘丕賷丿 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿貙 賮賯胤 賰丕賮賷賴 賷賰賲 亘賴卮 賵賯鬲 亘丿賷丿.
"who the ... gave you the noble prize, you pervert ... of the ....., we are not at all interested in you sexual fantasies"
丕賳賯丿乇 丨乇氐 禺賵乇丿賲 賲賷禺賵丕爻鬲賲 爻乇 賰賱丕爻 賳乇乇乇乇賲貙 丕賲乇賵夭 丕賲丕 賯胤毓丕 賷賰賷 丕夭 賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 賴丕賷 賲賵乇丿 毓賱丕賯賲賴. 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 倬賷賳鬲乇 賳亘丕賷丿 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿貙 賮賯胤 賰丕賮賷賴 賷賰賲 亘賴卮 賵賯鬲 亘丿賷丿.
March 13, 2016
This wasn't as good as , and it's much more cryptic, but Pinter really can rip the mask off of human interaction. This one's much more realistic than The Birthday Party; it depicts a dysfunctional London family, whose oldest son, who's been in America for six years with his wife (who he eloped with immediately before leaving London). No spoilers, but the strange ending depicts the same kind of isolation as that of The Birthday Party. Pinter is definitely becoming a favorite.
January 20, 2021
I just saw this play at The Cort in Manhattan. I can't imagine a better production. Superb acting, excellent staging & timing. What a terrific play, my favorite of Pinter.
April 4, 2018
Man, this play. I only have three words: what the hell?
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March 21, 2023well, that was definitely something.
April 29, 2023
what in the actual f*ck
April 19, 2021
Not sure how I feel about this tbh.
February 14, 2009
Ok sure Ruth likes to get around. Yes this might never happen and yes the play is very twisted. It includes profanity and just plain wrong scenes, conversations, actions etc; but I don't see the need to label it as horrible or the worst ever. It has its beauty: complex plot and amazing characters that kept true to themselves from beginning to end.I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what they would say next and I was always wrong. Well it did make me kind of sick and embarrassed but that was because we were force to read it in class and there were some parts in witch i wish we would have stop reading, but I enjoyed it. Amazingly enough this is one of the plays i best understood. I tap into mankind dark side and I don't know after struggling throw I grew to enjoy it. I think it was just to go against the whole class but it just plain has it's own beauty and art in it -its just not that easy to find it.
August 25, 2016
this is the fourth pinter play that i have read. and, from my reading experience, i can tell you that he can create some beautifully disturbing universe in the relationships between the characters. this play is no exception to that. the pace got slightly slackened at times but it keeps its momentum intact in excellent and fissured conversations between the characters. the main soul of this play is its characters. but also, this play reached its peak in the last scene when ruth came down and the following scenes (did i give away a tiny bit of a spoiler?) happened. it was brilliant, the ending. absolutely brilliant!
March 19, 2007
Truly great. An icy stiletto of a play.
November 19, 2014
Absurdity at its finest. I do not know whether to be appalled or sad or mad or grief-stricken by this play. Truly Pinteresque!
October 16, 2022
I never thought I would give anything I read a one-star review but here we are.
April 7, 2024
The story is absolutely bizarre and absolutely absurd; strangely, its absolutely spellbinding and terrifying also. I need to read it again.
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March 15, 2023A ver, a ver, a ver.
Punto 1. Digo yo que igual se han tomado lo de que entre hermanos hay que compartir muy al pie de la letra, no?
Punto 2. Entender no habr茅 entendido ni papa, pero aprender sin贸nimos de puta? De esos unos cuantos.
Punto 3. Yo no s茅 si soy una mal pensada pero todo lo que dicen suena hiper sexual.
For example:
"First of all I gave Lenny a bath, the Teddy a bath, then Joey a bath. What fun we used to have in the bath, eh, boys?"
Mmm, that's weird. That's supicious... (Pedo alert ?)
Pd: estoy full convinced que Max quer铆a a Mac m谩s que como un amigo. Fight me.
Punto 1. Digo yo que igual se han tomado lo de que entre hermanos hay que compartir muy al pie de la letra, no?
Punto 2. Entender no habr茅 entendido ni papa, pero aprender sin贸nimos de puta? De esos unos cuantos.
Punto 3. Yo no s茅 si soy una mal pensada pero todo lo que dicen suena hiper sexual.
For example:
"First of all I gave Lenny a bath, the Teddy a bath, then Joey a bath. What fun we used to have in the bath, eh, boys?"
Mmm, that's weird. That's supicious... (Pedo alert ?)
Pd: estoy full convinced que Max quer铆a a Mac m谩s que como un amigo. Fight me.
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