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Landscape and Silence

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 2m

"The most important English speaking playwright of our time, and this double bill is very possibly the best yet of his work." - the New York Times

"Unspeakably beautiful, unutterably moving." - Cue Magazine

Landscape and Silence

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m

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Summary
Two short plays transcend the previous uses of language on stage, becoming less literal and more subliminal to give voice to unspoken thoughts. In Silence a young girl's encounters with two male friends are told in contrapuntal triad, swimming with memories. In Landscape the memories of a hired couple who have been untrue to the other flow subliminally though their conversations. The things said are the things usually left unsaid. The Lincoln Center production presented Silence, Landscape and Silence again.

  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"The most important English speaking playwright of our time, and this double bill is very possibly the best yet of his work." - the New York Times

"Unspeakably beautiful, unutterably moving." - Cue Magazine

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $125 per performance
    $75 per play individually

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Authors

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was born in London on October 10, 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980).

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama, he worke ...

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