The Caretaker The Dumb Waiter Author:Harold Pinter Harold Pinter is possibly the outstanding and most controversial playwright in the current renaissance of British drama. At first both extravagantly acclaimed and roundly denounced, he has now come to be recognized, in the words of the London Sunday Times, as "the most original, disturbing, and arresting talent in theatrical London.&... more »quot;
In all of Pinter's plays, seemingly ordinary events become charged with profound, if elusive, meaning, haunting pathos, and hilarious comedy. In The Caretaker, a tramp finds lodging in the derlict house of two brothers; in The Dumb Waiter, a pair if gunmen wait for the kill in a decayed lodging house. In both plays, Pinter gradually exposes the inner strains and fears of his characters, alternating hilarity and terror to create an almost unbearable edge of tension. He displays all those qualities which have made his work unique: dialogue at once banal and grotesque, subtle characterization that uncovers the hidden loneliness of man, compassionate despair that infuses his plays with the private terrors and personal farce of everyday life.« less
I read this in an English Literature class years ago it is very confusing but a good play I am glad that I get to read all things great books and plays I am still a student. Happy Reading, Shay