In the following essay, Postlewait examines Harold Pinter's The Homecoming as a transformation of the drama of Henrik Ibsen, which explores "the sexual politics of bourgeois family life. "

In the following essay, Nelson explicates The Homecoming by associating it with the biblical stories of the Prodigal Son and Ruth, and with Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

In the following essay, Warner argues that The Homecoming asks the audience to reevaluate their expectations and values.

In the following essay, States examines the use and significance of irony in characterization, situation, and language in Pinter's The Homecoming.

In the following essay, Morris discusses The Homecoming as a comedy of manners with a tragic theme.

In the following essay, Bernard comments that Pinter's The Homecoming is structured around a contrast between America and England, according to which America represents a fantasized promised land and England represents the harsh realities of life.

In the following review, Morley praises Pinter's The Homecoming as a magnificently plotted drama that is both comic and sinister.

In the following review, Benedictus suggests that The Homecoming is a metaphorical representation of Pinter's relation to playwriting and to his audience.

In the following essay, Cardullo explicates the significance of Teddy's Uncle Sam in Pinter's The Homecoming.

The least of The Homecoming's troubles is that it does not make sense. This only stirs the interpreters, professional and amateur, to greater heights of interpretative madness. Ambiguity and implication are, of course, valid and potent artistic devices, but if the whole scenario, on almost all levels, has to be supplied by the critic or spectator, who then is the playwright? Pinter's play, like all his others, depends on tricks of diametrical reversal, going from one extreme to the other and s...