Masquerade’s production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal opens at Blue Box at M Space later this month. Laura Bonnici speaks with director IAN MOORE to find out more. “The text is timeless, like Shakespeare or the Greeks,” says Ian Moore, director of the new production of iconic playwright Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, which opens at Blue Box at M Space on January 20. “The title says it all – it shows betrayal, how people betray each other, their best friends, wives, lovers and how easily they betray themselves. The play doesn’t moralise or judge, it leaves the audience to do that. And there’s plenty of witty conversation – Pinter’s dialogue always dazzles – so it's an enjoyable ride but in equal measure, devastating; as emotionally devastating today as it was on the day it opened in 1978.” Widely considered as Pinter’s most accessible work, Betrayal is a mesmerising masterpiece of relationships and adultery. The story dissects a love triangle, presenting a compelling portrait of both the relationship between lovers and the competitiveness of male friendships. Placing the audience in the tantalising position of knowing more about what is happening than the characters, secret and lies...
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