The Room

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The Room is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that exemplifies his early use of menace, ambiguity, and claustrophobic domestic settings.

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instanceOf one-act play
stage play
author Harold Pinter
centralCharacter Rose
commissionedBy University of Bristol
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresTheme ambiguity
breakdown of communication
claustrophobia
isolation
menace
threat of intrusion
firstPerformanceDate 1957-01-15
firstPublisher Encore Publishing
followedBy The Birthday Party
genre comedy of menace
drama
hasActCount 1
hasApproximateDuration 45 minutes
hasCharacter Bert Hudd
Mr. Kidd
Mr. Sands
Mrs. Sands
Riley
Rose
hasStructure single continuous scene
hasStyle realistic dialogue with underlying menace
hasSubject domestic life
fear of the outside world
identity
power dynamics
language English
literaryMovement Theatre of the Absurd
notableFor ambiguous dialogue
early example of Harold Pinter's style
sense of undefined threat
use of pauses and silences
partOf Harold Pinter's early plays
premiereCity Bristol
premiereCountry United Kingdom
premiereLocation University of Bristol
premiereYear 1957
publicationForm play text
setting London, England
surface form: London

single room in a boarding house
writer Harold Pinter

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