Betrayal

by  Pinter, Harold

Published: 1978

Acts: 1

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 1
Male Roles: 2
Female Roles: 1
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma's marriage to Robert, Jerry's best friend, is now breaking up, and she needs someone to talk to. Their reminiscences reveal that Robert knew of their affair all along and, to Jerry's dismay, regarded it with total nonchalance. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time.