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      The Homecoming

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      When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday P...

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      Product ID:9780571160808
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Homecoming
      Authors:Author: Harold Pinter
      Page Count:160
      Subjects:Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday Party" and "Old Times".

      Teddy, a philosophy professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his father, uncle and two brothers at his old London home, after years of estrangement. In the intense conflict that follows, it is Ruth who becomes the focus of their struggle for supremacy.

      ‘An exultant night – a man in total command of his talent.’ Observer

      ‘The most intense expression of compressed violence to be found anywhere in Pinter’s plays.’ The Times

      The Homecoming can be seen as a Freudian play about sons filled with subconscious Oedipal desires. It can equally be seen as an ethological study of a group of human animals fighting over territory. Precisely because Pinter never moralises about or resolves the situation, it is a play that, when impeccably acted, continues to haunt our dreams.’ Michael Billington, Guardian

      The Homecoming premiered at the Aldwych Theatre, London, 1965.


      Imprint Name:Faber & Faber
      Publisher Name:Faber & Faber
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:1991-01-21

      Additional information

      Weight130 g
      Dimensions197 × 128 × 11 mm