The Lover
by Harold Pinter

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Highlights

One Act 60 mins Present Day Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes British

Synopsis

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.

Press Reviews

"A bizarre theatrical evening."

— New York Post

"[An] inward spiraling journey into these characters’ lives... the intricate details of Pinter’s dialogue, wherein the slightest, seemingly casual word choice can land like a bomb and cause hurt or laughter. This is the kind of play that you feel the need to see again as soon as it ends, to spiral back out and recontextualize everything you saw before."

— DC Theatre Scene

Characters

Character
Sarah

middle thirties

John
Richard

middle thirties

Publication

Year 1965
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 28
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822207047
ISBN-10 0822207044

The Lover is a British play written by Harold Pinter and published by Dramatists Play Service (1965).

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