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Harold Pinter: „The Dumb Waiter“

Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 General Notes 2 Leading Characters 2.1 Ben 2.2 Gus 2.3 Wilson 3 WikiSchool Interna 4 Weblinks

[Bearbeiten] General Notes

The Dumb Waiter was written by Harold Pinter in 1957. It’s a one-act play and it’s premiere was in 1960. In 1985 it was broadcast as a film by the British channel BBC.

The play sets in “a basement room” in a hotel in Birmingham on a Friday (s. p. 137) and is about two hitmen, Gus and Ben, who are waiting for their next job. The older man, Ben, is reading a newspaper and the other guy, Gus, is pacing up and down per excitement. His recollection of their last murder doesn’t get out of his head. The victim was a girl. They are insolated and their only contact is granted by a dumbwaiter. Gus is asking Ben questions and Ben isn’t answering them and then the scene escalates and they start a fight. Then Gus leaves the room and in this moment, the income is coming and Ben listens. With caution- the next victim seems to come soon and Ben calls Gus. Gus comes in and Ben levels his gun at Gus. Then there is a long while with silence and the curtain closes. (The end: Ben was imployed to chill Gus).

Sometimes the both hitmen evocative of the both ones in the movie "Pulp Fiction".

[Bearbeiten] Leading Characters

The three leading characters are the two hitmen Gus and Ben and the mysterious boss Wilson.

[Bearbeiten] Ben

In the beginning, Ben reads a newspaper and reads to Gus two articles (-> need of sensation in the boring room).

• Analysis Ben (Spark Notes)

[Bearbeiten] Gus

Gus is the younger of the both hitmen. His job seemes to be routine for him (s. p. 159).

• Analysis Gus (Spark Notes)

[Bearbeiten] Wilson

The mysterious Wilson, who never appears himself, is the boss of Gus and Ben.

He might not come. He might just send a message. He doesn’t always come.
Gus about Wilson; p. 144.

• Analysis Wilson (Spark Notes)

[Bearbeiten] WikiSchool Interna

The Dumb Waiter (Vocabulary)

[Bearbeiten] Weblinks

• Spark-Notes: "The Dumb Waiter"
• "The Dumb Waiter" at 'Rowohlt'
• Movie Version (1989)
• ZUM-Wiki
• Wikipedia Deutschland
• Link-List

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