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:''For the 2003 [[Tommy Wiseau]] film, see [[The Room (film)|The Room (film)]]'' |
:''For the 2003 [[Tommy Wiseau]] film, see [[The Room (film)|The Room (film)]]'' |
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'''''The Room''''' has strong ties to [[The Birthday Party]], also by [[Harold Pinter]]. Both plays take place in a derelict boarding house which becomes the scene of a visitation. In ''The Room'', a blind black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message. |
'''''The Room''''' has strong ties to ''[[The Birthday Party (play)|The Birthday Party]]'', also by [[Harold Pinter]]. Both plays take place in a derelict boarding house which becomes the scene of a visitation. In ''The Room'', a blind black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message. |
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''The Room'' is invested with the elements that make Pinter's work unique: the disturbing familiarity of the dialogue, the subtle characterization, the compulsive power that can be by turns funny, moving, and menacing. |
''The Room'' is invested with the elements that make Pinter's work unique: the disturbing familiarity of the dialogue, the subtle characterization, the compulsive power that can be by turns funny, moving, and menacing. |
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Revision as of 01:48, 11 December 2006
- For the 2003 Tommy Wiseau film, see The Room (film)
The Room has strong ties to The Birthday Party, also by Harold Pinter. Both plays take place in a derelict boarding house which becomes the scene of a visitation. In The Room, a blind black man suddenly arrives to deliver a mysterious message.
The Room is invested with the elements that make Pinter's work unique: the disturbing familiarity of the dialogue, the subtle characterization, the compulsive power that can be by turns funny, moving, and menacing.
The Room was first presented at the Hampstead Theatre Club on January 21, 1960 with the following cast:
Original Cast
- Bert Hudd - Howard Lang
- Rose - Vivien Merchant
- Mr. Kidd - Henry Woolf
- Mr. Sands - John Rees
- Mrs. Sands - Auriol Smith
- Riley - Thomas Baptiste
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