The Homecoming

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Event The Homecoming
Venue The Wharf Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 12 May 1992
Opening Date 12 May 1992
Last Date 27 June 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A mother of three begins to have sex with her brothers-in-law, while her husband watches, as impassive as stone. Later, the husband invites his wife to become a prostitute, in the same casual way he might ask her to add an item to her shopping list...these are among the maze of artfully misplaced conjunctions that make up The Homecoming, Harold Pinter's theatrical trapdoor to a brutal male underworld, in which women are alternately venerated and despised and in which a pronounced naturalism rubs shoulders with the absurd.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Collingwood Actor
Heather Mitchell Actor
Warren Mitchell Actor
Colin Moody Actor
Richard Roxburgh Actor
Andrew Tighe Actor
Brian Thomson Designer
Rodney Fisher Director
Harold Pinter Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record May, 1992
Correspondence
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 16007