Betrayal Reception quotes Quotes for the reception of the play Betrayal by Harold Pinter. 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English Language & LiteratureA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: EmilyCreated on: 16-04-12 20:41 Newsweek, Kroll, 1978 'Ectasy and Pain' Excitement of meeting (ironically the last scene); pain of parting (the third) 'labrinth of betrayals' 'desire and deception' 'like watching a flower blossom backwards,its petals inexorably closing' 'Turns banality into a melancholy beauty' 'Banal twin demons: impossability and necessity' 'Quiet revulsion that brings the affair to a desolate close' Finds a grim but delicate beauty and humour in such desolation 1 of 2 Telegraph, Spencer, 2003 Refrence to early reviews that commeted the play was like a 'High class soap opera about the affluent middle-class' Professional occupstions; opportunity to rent the flat; infidelity is typical soap opera drama 'Combination of technical ingenuity and deep feeling' 'Dialogue is spare but immensely rich' Narrative techniques offers levels of irony and a sense of implacable fate.' Myriad meanings' 2 of 2
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