THE COLLECTION

AUTHOR – HAROLD PINTER

TITTLE – THE COLLECTION

EDITORIAL – FABER & FABER

YEAR OF PUBLICATION – 1961

PLACE OF PUBLICATION – LONDON

CHARACTERS

JAMES HORNE

He is the husband of  Stella. He is 30 years old and he is blond and he has green eyes.

STELLA HORNE

She is 30 years old and she is the wife of James.

BILL LLOYD

He is 25 years old and he is a designer and live with Harry.

HARRY KANE

He is 40 years old and he lives with Bill.

SUMMARY

Stella tell James that she has been disloyal but she does not say with who. James go to talk with Bill and he says that all is false but James does not believe and he throw a knife to Bill and cut his hand while Stella is talking with Harry and she says that all is an invention.

Bill says the true to James an says that they went to an hotel but do not happen nothing.

SPACES

The play happens in a house of a Harry that is decorated elegantment.

TIME

The play happen in autum, in differents days.

LANGUAGE

The play is written in prose, with a colloquial and with silences.

PERSONAL OPINION

I think that the woman intent put jealous to her husband but is difficult to understand the play because it is a bundle.