This play is often double-billed, and shares several stage elements, with its author's radio dramaA Slight Ache.
This play is often double-billed, and shares several stage elements, with its author's radio dramaA Slight Ache. Although one character in this play attempts to flush a toilet three times, it does notactually flush until he notes that he's run out of matches. Notes read aloud in this play include "Soupof the day. Liver and onions. Jam tart." and "Macaroni Pastitsio. Ormitha Macarounada." Twocharacters in this play argue over the meaning of the phrase (*) "light the kettle," which is later impliedto have been said by an offstage character through a speaking tube. For 10 points, name this play in whichthe hitmen Ben and Gus hang out in a basement while orders are delivered via the title conveyance, a workof Harold Pinter.
This play is often double-billed, and shares several stage elements, with its author's radio dramaA Slight Ache.
The Dumb Waiter