The Caretaker

Japanese: 管理人 - かんりにん（英語表記）The Caretaker

A play by British playwright H. Pinter. Three acts, three scenes. First performed in 1960. An old homeless man with no proof of identity ends up in a rubbish apartment building, where he fights with the brother of the resident over the management of the room, and just when it seems he will get a job as the apartment manager, he is banished again. It was Pinter's first commercially successful play. With a unique rhythmic style of writing, it suggests the image of modern people who are bound by interpersonal relationships, but are alienated by the fear inherent in them, and cannot find a place to settle down.

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Japanese:

イギリスの劇作家 H.ピンターの戯曲。3幕3場。 1960年初演。身元を証明できない老浮浪者が，転がり込んだがらくただらけのアパートの一室で，住人の兄弟と部屋の管理をめぐって争いを繰広げ，アパート管理人の職を得るかと思えた直後に再び追放の憂き目にあうまでを描いた作品。ピンターの最初の商業的成功作となった。対人関係に拘束されつつ，そこに内在する恐怖感ゆえに疎外され，安住の地を見出せない現代人の姿を独特のリズムをもった文体で暗示している。

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