Description
| Product ID: | 9780571338788 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Betrayal |
| Authors: | Author: Harold Pinter |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada, Theatre: technical and background skills, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Theatre: technical & background skills, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: plays & playwrights |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating After an initially guarded response from the critics, the work was rapidly reevaluated and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play the following year. Set in London and Venice the play has an innovative chronology that opens at the end of an affair and works its way backwards over nine years, from 1977 to 1968. Harold Pinter’s Betrayal received its premiere at the National Theatre, London, in November 1978. After an initially guarded response from the critics, the work was rapidly reevaluated and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play the following year. Set in London and Venice the play has an innovative chronology that opens at the end of an affair and works its way backwards over nine years, from 1977 to 1968. It is widely considered one of the playwright’s pivotal works. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-02-01 |
