Overview
Synopsis
A sharp look into the nature of romantic relationships, Harold Pinter’s Betrayal starts in 1977 when long time lovers Jerry and Emma meet after her marriage to her husband Robert dissolves, and then backtracks all the way to 1968 when their affair first began. As the years spin backwards, a complex web of secrets about the trio emerges and calls into question the nature of their intimacy -- as friends, as partners, as spouses. A play about love, lust, and time, Betrayal poetically explores the rift between memory and reality.
Show Information
- Book
- Harold Pinter
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1978
- Genres
- Drama
- Settings
- Multiple Settings
- Time & Place
- 1977-1968 (time moves backwards), england
- Cast Size
- small
- Licensor
- Dramatists Play Service
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult Characters, Small Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Non-singer |
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Featured |
Male |
Non-singer |
Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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