Complaisant Lover (eBook)

A Play

GRAHAM GREENE (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
87 Seiten
Open Road Media (Verlag)
9781504054256 (ISBN)

Infos

A "e;delicious . . . champagne cocktail"e; of a stage comedy about a sporting British couple's marital-and extramarital-propositions (New York Herald Tribune). Victor Rhodes, a hearty and amiable dentist in North London, has what he thinks is a happy marriage. It's stable, routine, and comfortably platonic. Five years and counting, his wife, Mary, feels the same way. That's why she's taken a secret lover their good friend, Clive Root, an antiquarian bookseller for whom relieving complaisant husbands of their duty is a pleasure. But when Mary and Clive connive a rendezvous in Amsterdam, their getaway takes a surprising turn with a visit from Victor. What's now at risk for Mary is more than a marriage to a man she genuinely loves but also a perfectly fulfilling affair with a man she truly desires. In this "e;sin-and-tonic work of art,"e; Mary isn't about to give up either of them (Spectator). "e;An expert at badinage full of quiet English verve, Mr. Greene writes with smooth sophistication"e; in his last play a comedy of lies, cheats, and betrayals produced by Sir John Gielgud at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1959 (The New York Times). Two years later, it debuted on Broadway, with a cast including Sandy Dennis, Michael Redgrave, and Gene Wilder.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• ISBN-13: 9781504054256 / 9781504054256