PARTY TIME

AUTHOR: HAROLD PINTER

TITTLE: PARTY TIME

EDITORIAL: FABER AND FABER

YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1991

PLACE OF PUBLICATION: LONDON

CHARACTERS:

DUSTY

She is 20 years old. She is Jimmy's sister and Terry's wife. She likes cooking a lot.

TERRY

He is Dusty's husband. He is 40 years old. He is too old for Dusty.

JIMMY

He is the young brother of Dusty.

DOUGLAS

H e is 50 years old. He is Liz's husband; he wants the peace over the world.

LIZ

She is Dougla's wife. She is 30 years old. The marriage has twins. She looks alone after the twins because her husband does not help her.

GAVIN

HE is 50 years old. He makes parities in his house. In his house this party is celebrated.

MELISSA

She is 70 years old. She wants to join the club because all of her club partners are died and she wants to make new friends

CHARLOTTE

She is 30 years old. She is a widow. Her husband died fast.

FRED

He is 40 years old and he is single. He flirts with Charlotte.

SUMMARY

The play narrates a party at Gavin's house where all the people are coming wearing suits and long dresses.

In the party there are a lot people. They are matched in little groups, making to stand out some of them. Terry and Gavin are talking about the new club. Charlotte and Liz critize Dusty while Fred is flirting with Charlotte. Melissa is talking about the dead all the time.

When Melissa does a closing speech all the people see of but Jimmy gives a surprise speech, at the of the party al the people are happy because they enjoyed it.

SPACE

The play happens in a flat with sofas and wardrobes, the flat is a big room, it is Gavin's flat.

TIME

It is a normal day in their lives but the author does not say the moment of the day. There are not any jumps in the time.

LANGUAGE

The play is written in prose, colloquial and sometimes old English language. The coloquial language helps the reader to understand it.

PERSONAL OPINION

In my opinion it is a poor play because the dialogues are very simple and the characters are always in the same place.