A retired butcher created by this author constantly speaks ill of his deceased wife Jessie, and abuses his taxi driver brother Sam.
A retired butcher created by this author constantly speaks ill of his deceased wife Jessie, and abuses his taxi driver brother Sam. This playwright's works were described by Irving Wardle as "comedies of menace." One play by this author treats Emma and Jerry's affair in reverse chronology, while in another, Ruth refuses to return to the United States with her husband Teddy. Argument over the semantics of the phrase "put on the kettle" versus "light the kettle" occurs in another play this author, which ends with the implication that Ben is to shoot his fellow hitman Gus. For 10 points, name this British author of Betrayal, The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter. 
A retired butcher created by this author constantly speaks ill of his deceased wife Jessie, and abuses his taxi driver brother Sam.
Harold Pinter