Betrayal rehearsals under way
The production marks the first time The Rep has presented a play by Harold Pinter, Great Britain’s leading contemporary dramatist. Moving backwards in time, Pinter probes the familiar tangles of a love triangle. The play opens long after the end of a relationship between a woman and her husband’s best friend and ends with the pass at a party that ignited the affair. With his trademark twists and turns, Pinter examines the high price of passion and the many forms of betrayal that poison friendship, love and marriage. Betrayal contains adult language and situations.
“The play unfolds like a mystery with the audience getting more information than any one character in the drama. Because Pinter tells the story with rewound scenes, it’s not a question of who’s been sleeping with whom, but what really happened between them. The surprises never end,” said David Grapes, The Rep’s producing artistic director.
The two remaining performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in Andrew Johnson Theater, located on Level B at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $30 for all performances. For tickets, go online at www.tnrep.org, at any Ticketmaster outlet or by calling 615-255-2787.
When attending a performance at the Johnson Theater, you must enter the building on Deaderick Street, near 5th Avenue. By parking to the east, north or south, you will avoid a long walk around the exterior construction zone.