| The Lover | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Lover_(play).jpg) Opening title ITV, 1963 | |
| Written by | Harold Pinter |
| Date premiered | 28 March 1963 |
| Place premiered | ITV |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | One-act play |
The Lover is a 1962 one-act play by Harold Pinter, originally written for television, but subsequently performed on stage.[1] The play contrasts bourgeois domesticity with sexual yearning.[2]
As with the drama of Anton Chekhov, some of Pinter's plays support "serious" and "comic" interpretations; The Lover has been staged successfully both as an ironic comedy on the one hand and as a nervy drama on the other.[3][4] As is often the case with Pinter, the play probably contains both.[5]
- ^ Billington, Michael (30 January 2008). "Theatre review: The Lover/The Collection / Comedy Theatre, London". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "THE LOVER by Harold Pinter". www.englishtheatre.de.
- ^ Raby, Peter (20 September 2001). The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521658423 – via Google Books.
- ^ Richards, Lee-Ann. "A moment's pause for Pinter's black comedy double bill". Romford Recorder.
- ^ Burkman, Katherine H. (21 October 1971). The Dramatic World of Harold Pinter: Its Basis in Ritual. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814201466 – via Google Books.