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Description

When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday Party" and "Old... read more

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Cast of Characters

  • Max: A man of seventy
  • Lenny: A man in his early thirties
  • Sam: A man of sixty-three
  • Joey: A man in his middle twenties
  • Teddy: A man in his middle thirties
  • Ruth: A woman in her early thirties

First Sentence

LENNY is sitting on the sofa with a newspaper, a pencil in his hand.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Harold Pinter (Author)
 

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