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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The Room canonical 7

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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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England

single room in a boarding house ⓘ
writer Harold Pinter ⓘ

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