Part of a collection of Harold Pinters works this is a comedy of sexual manners in which Pinter captures the psyches sly manoeuvres for self-respect with sardonic forgiveness. Written in 1978 by the author of The Caretaker" " The Lover" " The Homecoming" & " The Birthday Party"." ...

Ariel & Preston are happily married & Ariel is determined to keep it that way. Preston is recovering from a stroke but if he begins to piece together memories of the seventy-two hours prior to his stroke then he will realize Ariel's hidden secret. Also privy to Ariel's exploits Preston's secretary Michele has set her sights on a position of power. But when Preston's memories start to resurface will he be able to forgive & forget? Can Ariel ignore her deepest yearnings for the sake of her marriage? & though bound to secrecy will Michele honour her pact with Ariel or stop at nothing to get what she wants? ...

Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious & passionate film director her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical & commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz & glamour of Los Angeles instead focusing intently on her work & family. She has close loving relationships with her daughter her elderly father & Hunter Lloyd
- her co-producer & partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker
- Tallie's best friend & devoted personal assistant. They've been friends since film school & Brigitte's polished glamour & highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie's casual appearance & down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is in the midst of directing her most ambitious film to date small disturbances start to ripple through her faultlessly ordered world. An audit reveals worrying discrepancies in her financial records which have always been maintained by her trusted accountant Victor Carson. Receipts hint at activities of which she has no knowledge. Someone close to Tallie has been steadily helping themselves to enormous amounts of her money. Her once safe world of trusted associates is suddenly shaken to its very core
- & Tallie is in shock trying to figure out who has betrayed her among those she trusts & holds dear...


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Betrayal is a new departure & a bold one... Pinter has found a way of making memory active & dramatic giving an audience the experience of the minds accelerating momentum as it pieces together the past with a combination of curiosity & regret. He shows man betrayed not only by man but by time
- a recurring theme which has found its proper scenic correlative... Pinter captures the psyches sly manoeuvres for self-respect with a sardonic forgiveness.. .a master craftsman honouring his talent by setting it new difficult tasks". (New Society). " There is hardly a line into which desire pain alarm sorrow rage or some kind of blend of feelings has not been compressed like volatile gas in a cylinder less stable than it looks... Pinters narrative method takes "whats next?" out of the spectators & replaces it with the rather deeper "how?" & "why?" Why did love pass? How did these people cope with the lies the evasions the sudden dangers panic & the contradictory feelings behind their own deftly engineered masks? The plays subject is not sex not even adultery but the politics of betrayal & the damage it inflicts on all involved." (The Times). First staged at the National Theatre in 1978 Betrayal was revived at the Almeida Theatre London in 1991. Twenty years after its first showing it returned to the National in 1998."
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Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest & of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet & launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate Buenos Aires. Navigating the treacherous bars & mud flats of the river the British invasion force lands & wins a battle against improbable odds taking the capital & the silver. But nothing is as simple as it seems in this region of the world: the uprising that will see the end of Spanish rule never arrives & the locals begin to see dark conspiracies behind the invader's actions. Soon the tiny British force finds itself surrounded by an ever more hostile population. The city begins to revolt against its liberators. Now Kydd's men must face fierce resistance & the betrayal of their closest allies. Can they save themselves & their prize? ...

However the act of murder was committed in cold blood or hot Eve Dallas was sworn to pursue it to its root. & serve the dead.' At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown
- & steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost a virtuoso of music & murder; a hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case knowing the killer doesn't help solve the crime. Because there's someone else involved. Someone with a very personal motive. & Eve must face a terrifying possibility that the real target may in fact be her husband Roarke.
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Keep your friends close your enemies closer & your family closest of all... Orphaned at the age of eight Lady Cecily Burkhart becomes the ward of a rich & prestigious family. Welcomed as one of their own Cecily is nurtured & loved by Lord Hal & his wife Lady Grace. As the years pass the familys devout daughter Mirabella becomes increasingly consumed by her religious vocation. But when Henry VIIIs reign of terror begins to spread throughout England Mirabellas monastic life is ripped from her. As her life is torn apart the true reason for her religious fervour becomes clear
- her forbidden love for the familys priest & tutor Father Alec. As the family falls apart Cecily must hold them together. But a dangerous mutual attraction between her & Father Alec begins to grow. Plagued with jealousy Mirabella unleashes a tumultuous chain of events that threatens to destroy everyone around her especially Cecily...
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The newest resident of Twilight Hall
- home to the Giou clan & its warriors the Zweilt
- the once-orphaned Yuki finds himself

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As an infant Yuki Sakurai was abandoned by his mother left in the bushes near an orphanage. The mystery of his parentage deepens when Yuki discovers he has a strange ability: when he touches others he can feel their emotions. Often his uncontrolled power has led him to make insensitive blunders in the past. Because of this the teenage Yuki strives to be independent without being a burden on anyone. Little does he know that he has never really been alone. Someone has been watching him from the shadows ever since he was left in the bushes all those years ago... But can Yuki trust the silver-eyed boy who claims to be his protector...and to know the truth of Yukis past? ...

In the heat of battle against the Opast Elegy Luka is stopped in his tracks when confronted by a vision of Yukis former incarnation his beloved. Upon hearing his lover tell him she still lives will Luka let his consternation at this new development leave him exposed to the vicious attacks of an Opast scorned? ...