Betrayal, by Harold Pinter (Preview)

Dealing with the “eternal triangle”—wife, husband and the wife’s lover—Pinter, with his customary inventiveness and subtlety, brings new insights to this timeless theme. Told in reverse chronology, we see the intricate unraveling of a marriage through time, and the small betrayals between husband and wife, wife and lover, and friend and friend, that brought about its demise.

Inspired by Pinter’s own seven-year extramarital affair with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell in the 1960s, Betrayal chronicles an affair between Emma and Jerry—the best friend of Emma’s husband Robert and best man at their wedding. Over nine short scenes in 90 minutes, a myriad of betrayals among the three are revealed.

“Betrayal” is a co-production with Harbor Stage Company