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The homecoming

by Harold Pinter

Cover of The homecoming
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This play was first produced in London in 1965, and in New York City in 1967. In it, Teddy, a professor of philosophy who lives in America, brings his wife Ruth to England to visit his family, whom she has never met. His father, a widower, and two brothers, a pimp and a boxer, convince Ruth to remain with them and to enter a life of prostitution. Teddy returns to America alone. Pinter's very high talent manages to make the situation believable.

English dramaDramaMarried peopleFamiliesFamily lifeBritish and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)College teachersInterpersonal conflict