Landscape and Silence
by Harold Pinter
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the collection of plays. While some praise the unique style and the depth of themes around relationships and silence, others find the plays challenging, with complaints about unclear dialogue and lack of engagement.
Synopsis
Two short plays transcend the previous uses of language on stage, becoming less literal and more subliminal to give voice to unspoken thoughts.
In Silence a young girl's encounters with two male friends are told in contrapuntal triad, swimming with memories.
In Landscape the memories of a hired couple who have been untrue to the other flow subliminally though their conversations.
The things said are the things usually left unsaid.
The Lincoln Center production presented Silence, Landscape and Silence again.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
DUFF a man in his early fifties. |
BETH a woman in her late forties. |
Publication
Landscape and Silence is a play written by Harold Pinter and published by Samuel French (1969).
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Samuel French · 1969
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