MÓNICA PANADERO
SAYAS
Teatro Inglés
Siglos XIX y XX
Grupo B
ASHES TO
ASHES
AUTHOR:
Harold Pinter
PUBLISHING:
Faber and Faber
AGE
AND PLACE OF PUBLICATION: 1996,
DRAMATIS
PERSONAE:
Devlin:
he is 40 years old more or less. He lives with Rebbeca in a small
house in the country and we don’t know much about his
aspect
Rebbeca:
she is 40 years old too. She is Devlin’s wife and we don’t
know much either about her physical aspect
PLOT:
Rebbeca tells Devlin the loving adventure that she had a
long time ago with another man and describes the things that the
lover did to Rebbeca. things
like for example that a day
took her of the neck almost drowning her until she kiss his
hand.
When telling him all that Devlin has curiosity by knowledge that
who wanted to kill him although Rebbeca denies that he wanted to
kill her. The conversation is fragmented so it gives rise to
treat several subjects. At the
end we found out that Devlin
is the Rebbeca's husband and this one does everything to her that
her lover did and she remembers everything
perfectly
SPACE:
it is a simple, unique and closed space, it is in a house in the
country, with a great window in
the hall that has views to
the garden. Also we can find
two lamps and two armchairs or
chairs
TIME:
it is a play in the present time that passes in one night of
summer. It does not have jumps
nor ruptures in the time so
is coherent
LITERARY
RESOURCES: written in prose, with more vulgar
language than colloquial language in which the fast changes of
subject abound
PERSONAL
OPINION: this play I have not liked much since the so
fast changes of dialogues confuse constantly to you. Also
it is different from other since we are customary to that in the
beginning they describe us to the characters and here until half
of the play does not say to us that they are married. Perhaps
with it Pinter want to pay attention us in the inside that in the
outside of a person