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The homecoming
by Harold Pinter
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79 editions published between 1965 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This play was first produced in London in 1965, and in New York City in 1967. In it, Teddy, a professor of philosophy who lives in America, brings his wife Ruth to England to visit his family, whom she has never met. His father, a widower, and two brothers, a pimp and a boxer, convince Ruth to remain with them and to enter a life of prostitution. Teddy returns to America alone. Pinter's very high talent manages to make the situation believable
The birthday party, and The room; two plays
by Harold Pinter
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23 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in English and held by 2,313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In The Birthday Party, a musician escapes to a dilapidated boarding house, where he falls victim to the shadowy, ritualized violence of two men who have followed him from his sinister past. In The Room, a derelict boarding house again becomes the scene of a visitation from the past when a blind man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message
Old times
by Harold Pinter
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42 editions published between 1971 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 2,131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A middle-aged couple entertain a friend they have not seen for two decades in Pinter's play first presented in London's West End in June, 1971
Betrayal
by Harold Pinter
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37 editions published between 1978 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Two years after their affair has ended, Emma and Jerry--her husband's best friend--meet and reflect on their illicit relationship
The caretaker ; and the dumb waiter : two plays
by Harold Pinter
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15 editions published between 1960 and 1988 in English and held by 1,965 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wit
by Mike Nichols
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 1,715 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit
No man's land
by Harold Pinter
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35 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The deserted South Pacific island serving as a laboratory for a young marine toxicologist was anything but a tropical paradise even before the arrival of a boatload of savages in war paint
The hothouse : a play
by Harold Pinter
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24 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in English and held by 1,605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April, 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself."--Jacket
Landscape and Silence
by Harold Pinter
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26 editions published between 1969 and 1991 in English and held by 1,548 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pinter at sixty
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4 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 1,498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mansfield Park
by Patricia Rozema
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19 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in English and held by 1,425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well
The caretaker
by Harold Pinter
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127 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Study of a tramp's shifting and uneasy temporary relationship with two brothers
Five screenplays
by Harold Pinter
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28 editions published between 1970 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Other places : three plays
by Harold Pinter
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21 editions published between 1981 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Victoria Station: Humorous exchange between a lost taxi driver and a dispatcher. 2 men, 1 setting
The French lieutenant's woman
by Karel Reisz
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54 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Sarah Woodruff is ostracized by Victorian society and is abandoned by her French lieutenant lover. Charles Smithson discovers Sarah and resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past
Three plays: A slight ache, The collection [and] The dwarfs
by Harold Pinter
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7 editions published between 1962 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A SLIGHT ACHE is set in an English country garden. A couple invites in an old matchseller. Both husband and wife have bizarre "conversations" with the silent old man. THE COLLECTION is a story of the relations between two couples, one homosexual and the other heterosexual. THE DWARFS is a radio play
The Proust screenplay : À la recherche du temps perdu
by Harold Pinter
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27 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tailor of Panama
by John Le Carré
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 1,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in his life
The dwarfs : a novel
by Harold Pinter
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15 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in English and held by 1,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Set in postwar Britain, the novel describes the intertwined lives and concerns of four young Londoners
The French lieutenant's woman
by John Fowles
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23 editions published between 1979 and 2000 in English and held by 981 WorldCat member libraries worldwide While in Lyme Regis to visit his fiancee, Ernestina Freeman, Charles Smithson, a 32-year-old paleontologist, becomes fascinated by the mysterious Sarah Woodruff. A fallen woman said to have been jilted by a French officer, Sarah is a pariah to the well-bred society that Charles and Ernestina are a part of. While searching for fossils in a wooded coastal area, Charles encounters Sarah alone, and his curiosity and pity for her soon evolve into other emotions. It is not clear who seduces whom, but when another opportunity presents itself, Charles embraces Sarah passionately. Shortly thereafter, Sarah disappears, having been dismissed from domestic employment by the tyrannical do-gooder Mrs. Poultenay. Charles finds her in a room in Exeter, where he declares and demonstrates his love. Inspired by his image of Sarah as a valiant rebel against Victorian conventions, Charles rejects the constricting, respectable life Ernestina represents for him. He breaks off their engagement and is harassed with legal action for breach of contract. Meanwhile, Sarah vanishes again, and Charles spends 20 months scouring the world for her, finally tracing her to the lodgings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti in London more
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Bintar, Hārūld 1930-2008
Pinto, Harold
Пинтер, Гарольд, 1930-2008
פינטר, הרולד
פינטר, הרולד, 1930-2008
بينتر، هارولد، 1930-2008
هارولد بنتر، 1930-2008
ピンター, ハロルド
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