'Betrayal' succeeds by what's left unspoken

The Bay Theatre Company makes even the horrible repercussions of adultery enjoyable.

Now that's a true testament to dramatic excellence.

In its latest production, the troupe offers a stunning performance of British playwright Harold Pinter's character study, "Betrayal."

The play concerns a seven-year affair between Emma and her husband's best friend, Jerry. The plot unfolds backwards, with Emma and Jerry meeting in the first scene well after the affair has ended, and concludes with them kissing for the first time nine years earlier in Emma' house just before her husband, Robert, walks in.

This isn't easy material,...