PARTY
TIME
AUTHOR: HAROLD
PINTER
TITTLE: PARTY
TIME
EDITORIAL: FABER
AND FABER
YEAR OF
PUBLICATION: 1991
PLACE OF
PUBLICATION:
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.
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
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
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
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.