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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Told in reverse order (and mixed) this play is full of betrayal and humanity. Short, but deep.
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“I’m not trying to say anything. I’ve said precisely what I wanted to say.” Definitely the better Pinter of the two I’ve read. A few bits really resonated with me, plus I got to read the waiter when we looked at it in class :)
kinda weird/half-baked but some interesting parts
EMMA: I thought of you the other day.
JERRY. Good God. Why?
She laughs.
JERRY: Why?
EMMA: Well, it's nice, sometimes, to think back. Isn't it?
EMMA: You couldn't really afford Wessex Grove when we took it, could you?
JERRY: Oh, love finds a way.
EMMA: I bought the curtains.
JERRY: You found a way.
EMMA: What do you consider the subject to be?
ROBERT: Betrayal.
EMMA: No, it isn't. m
ROBERT: Isn't it? What is it then?
EMMA: I haven't finished it yet. I'll let you know.
JERRY: Do you remember, when was it, a few years ago, we were all in your kitchen, must have been Christmas or something, do you remember, all the kids were running about and suddenly I picked Charlotte up and lifted her high up, high up, and then down and up. Do you remember how she laughed?
EMMA: Everyone laughed.
JERRY: She was so light. And there was your husband and my wife and all the kids, all standing and laughing in your kitchen. I can't get rid of it.
EMMA: It was your kitchen, actually.
He takes her hand. They stand. They go to the bed and lie down.
Why shouldn't you throw her up?
EMMA: I thought of you the other day.
JERRY. Good God. Why?
She laughs.
JERRY: Why?
EMMA: Well, it's nice, sometimes, to think back. Isn't it?
EMMA: You couldn't really afford Wessex Grove when we took it, could you?
JERRY: Oh, love finds a way.
EMMA: I bought the curtains.
JERRY: You found a way.
EMMA: What do you consider the subject to be?
ROBERT: Betrayal.
EMMA: No, it isn't. m
ROBERT: Isn't it? What is it then?
EMMA: I haven't finished it yet. I'll let you know.
JERRY: Do you remember, when was it, a few years ago, we were all in your kitchen, must have been Christmas or something, do you remember, all the kids were running about and suddenly I picked Charlotte up and lifted her high up, high up, and then down and up. Do you remember how she laughed?
EMMA: Everyone laughed.
JERRY: She was so light. And there was your husband and my wife and all the kids, all standing and laughing in your kitchen. I can't get rid of it.
EMMA: It was your kitchen, actually.
He takes her hand. They stand. They go to the bed and lie down.
Why shouldn't you throw her up?
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In a lot of ways very little happens here—we see an affair unfold backwards over time, turning relationships inside out without, in the moment, causing more than ripples. I'd be so curious to see how different actors might approach the characters here: Jerry wanting what he can't have; people having affairs but considering others' affairs a betrayal; Robert calculating or (perhaps?) a bit hapless. Nobody gets what they want, but then, perhaps nobody knows what they want.