von Harold Pinter
Das Stück des Literatur-Nobelpreisträgers Harold Pinter untersucht das Netz aus Lügen und Verrat zwischen drei Charakteren, die emotional miteinander verbunden sind. Ihre Unterhaltungen sind knapp und präzise und bieten ein Lehrstück, wie Sprache zur Unterdrückung von Gefühlen und zur Verschleierung von Wahrheiten genutzt wird.
Betrayal ist eine faszinierende Einführung in Pinters Welt: Eine Welt, die schonungslos und ironisch ist, poetisch und erschreckend zugleich.
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Textauszug aus 'Betrayal'
| Jerry: | And she told you…last night…about her and me. Did she not? |
| Robert: | No, she didnt. She didn’t tell me about you and her last night. She told me about you and her for years ago. (Pause.) So she didnt have to tell me again last night. Because I knew. And she knew I knew because she told me herself four years ago. (Silence.) |
| Jerry: | What? |
| Robert: | I think I will sit down. (He sits.) I thought you knew. |
| Jerry: | Knew what? |
| Robert: | That I knew. That I’ve known for years. I thought you knew that. |
| Jerry: | You thought I knew? |
| Robert: | She said you didn’t. But I didn’t believe that. (Pause.) Anyway I think I thought you knew. But you say you didn’t? |
| Jerry: | She told you…when? |
| Robert: | Well, I found out. That’s what happened. I told her I’d found out and then she…confirmed…the facts. |