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Part I (Pages 1 - 16)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Pinter, Harold. The Homecoming. Grove Press, New York, 1965.

• This is a play and as such, all dialogue is written in the present tense.

• It is summer in an old house in North London, and the entire action in the play takes place in a large room of the house.

• Viewers can see a staircase to an upper level and the front entry door. There are tables, chairs, a sofa, and a sideboard with a mirror, as well as a radiogram visible on the upper level.

• In Act One, it is evening and Lenny sits on the sofa with a newspaper, wearing a dark suit.

• He appears to be doing the crossword.

• Max, Lenny's father, enters the room wearing a cardigan, cap, and carrying a walking stick.

• Max asks Lenny what he...

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