The Lover

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The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.

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The Lover canonical 5

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instanceOf one-act play
stage play
author Harold Pinter
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticStyle Pinteresque
explores sexual fantasy within marriage
tension between social respectability and private desire
firstBroadcastMedium television
firstPerformanceDate 1963
genre absurdist theatre
comedy of menace
drama
hasCharacter John
Richard
Sarah
hasCompanionPiece The Collection
language English
laterMedium stage play
notableFor ambiguous ending
economical dialogue
minimal cast
numberOfActs 1
originalMedium television play
partOfAuthorBodyOfWork Harold Pinter
surface form: Harold Pinter plays
setting middle-class English home
subjectMatter fantasy and reality
marriage
middle-class life
sexual role-play
theme blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality
identity and role-playing
marital dynamics
repression and desire
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1960s
usesDevice ambiguity
elliptical dialogue
role reversal
role-playing
writer Harold Pinter

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Harold Pinter notableWork The Lover
Gina McKee notableWork The Lover
de la Tour notableWork The Lover
subject surface form: Frances de la Tour
Gérard Brach notableWork The Lover