The Homecoming

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The Homecoming

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 5m

Harold Pinter

The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter

Teddy arrives home to pay his family a visit with his wife Ruth, who settles into the household as if into a well-known niche. Teddy's brothers and his father all take it for granted that she is anyone's for the asking — and she is. It is then'sugges…

Image: 2015 West End Production (Marc Brenner)

The Homecoming

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 5m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
Teddy arrives home to pay his family a visit with his wife Ruth, who settles into the household as if into a well-known niche. Teddy's brothe's and his father all take it for granted that she is anyone's for the asking — and she is. It is then'suggested that they should set her up in trade, in a little flat in'soho. Calmly Ruth lists the conditions she requires before accepting, barely batting an eyelid as Teddy returns to America.
Keywords
M5 (30, 63, 70) F1(30)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting One interior
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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    Image: 2015 West End Production (Marc Brenner)

  • The Homecoming

    Image: 2011 Royal Shakespeare Company Production (Tristram Kenton)

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was born in London on October 10, 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980).

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama, he worke ...

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