One character in this play briefly strangles another for using the phrase "light the kettle" instead of "light the gas."
One character in this play briefly strangles another for using the phrase "light the kettle" instead of "light the gas." While reading the newspaper, one character becomes outraged over a young boy who blames his sister for killing a cat, while that character's partner receives an envelope filled with matches mysteriously placed under the door. After the discovery of the title object, the characters send up all their food, and receive orders for an Ormitha Macarounda, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts, presumably from the enigmatic Wilson. Ending with Ben being given orders to shoot his partner Gus, FTP, name this one-act Harold Pinter play about professional killers given bizarre commands through the title device.
One character in this play briefly strangles another for using the phrase "light the kettle" instead of "light the gas."
The {Dumb Waiter}