Author: Harold Pinter

Title: Party time

Publishing house: Faber and Faber

Published: 1991

Place: London

Characters:

Terry: He is forty years old, his wife is Dusty, they have some children in common.

Gavin: He is about fifty years old. He organises the party.

Dusty: She is twenty years old, her husband is Terry.

Melissa: She is seventy years old, she tells a lot of memories of her life.

Liz: She is about thirty years old. She is in love.

Charlotte: She is thirty years old. She is widowed.

Fred: He is forty years old.

Douglas: He is fifty years old.

Jimmy: He is a young man. He appears for a short time.

Plot:

The play develops in a party, which was organised by Gavin. The people who are in this

party are rich; everybody speaks about their lives. They speak about the society where

they live too. Melissa, critisizes clubs, society…..  She explains that she has never been

friends. Melissa says these clubs have disappeared because people have died.

Setting:

There is an only place where the play is represented. The stage represents a flat.

Time:

We do not know how long actions last. There are not any leaps in the time.

Literary devices: Style.

Harold Pinter repeats some words; this play bas hot a lot of monosyllables. Harold

Pinter uses a simple language in order to make easier the reading.

Personal Opinion:

From my point of view, I liked reading this play, because Harold Pinter uses simple

words. However, when I finished reading this play I was confused because I think I did

not understand the context of this play. What does Harold Pinter want to transmit us?