The Hothouse
Harold Pinter
(Author)
Description
A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself. "A blistering funny play. . . . Hothouse is wild, impudent, fiercely funny."-Jack Kroll, NewsweekProduct Details
Price
$12.00
$11.04
Publisher
Grove Press
Publish Date
February 10, 1999
Pages
176
Dimensions
5.52 X 0.45 X 8.31 inches | 0.43 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780802136435
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