'The Dumb Waiter' by Harold Pinter is a one-act play that revolves around two hitmen, Gus and Ben, who are awaiting instructions in a basement room. The play is filled with tension, mystery, and subtext as the characters interact while responding to messages from a dumb waiter. Despite the seemingly mundane setting, the play delves into themes of control, manipulation, and the blurred lines between life and death, all portrayed with efficient minimalism in Pinter's writing style.
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Gus and Ben are on the job, waiting and listening. Into the waiting silence rattles the dumb waiter with extraordinary demands for dishes they cannot supply - and who is operating the dumb waiter in an empty house? In a while their victim will come and they will know what to do.
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