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THE DUMB WAITER
A comedy of suspense and menace
KRUDTTØNDEN
SERRIDSLEVVEJ 2
2100 KØBENHAVN Ø
The Dumb Waiter is a dark comedy by Harold Pinter written in 1957 that
combines the staccato rhythms of music-hall cross-talk and the urban thriller. Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola were obviously inspired by the
tension created in Pinter’s stories. The title could simply refer to the serving
hatch and food lift that delivers orders to the gunmen, but it could also
mean something else.
This is a classic example of early Pinter – a minimum of information and
an atmosphere of menace, working-class small-talk in a claustrophobic
setting.
It achieves, through its unique blend of absurdity, farce, and surface realism, a profoundly moving statement about the modern human condition.
Ben and Gus are two contract killers waiting for their orders as who to
kill next in a closed basement room. Witnessing their everyday banter gives
an insight into the terrifying vision of the dominant-subservient battle for
power, a battle in which societies and individuals engage as a part of daily
existence.
MANUSKRIPT Harold Pinter INSTRUKTION Barry McKenna
MEDVIRKENDE Lars Mikkelsen & Ian Burns
27. SEP-28. OKT 2023/MAN-FRE 20.00/LØR 17.00
BILLETTER 70 20 20 96 / teaterbilletter.dk
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