[Reader-list] Theatre: "The Dumb Waiter" directed by Shekhar Murugan, written by Harold Pinter./ Habib Tanvir ji - “KUCH YAADEIN, KUCH BAATEIN” on 8th June ,2011

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"The Dumb Waiter" directed by Shekhar Murugan, written by Harold Pinter.



Yatrik, one of the oldest surviving theatre groups in the capital presents as a a part of the dream theatre initiative inviting young theatre artists to showcase their plays in the form of dramatised readings at the basement audi of India Habitat Centre presents :

"The Dumb Waiter" directed by Shekhar Murugan, written by Harold Pinter.

Cast: Dhruv Jagasia – BEN
... Adhiraj Katoch - GUS 

Place : IHC Basement – 9th June, 2011 at 7.00 p.m.New Delhi, India  

In single act of 1 hour duration

The Dumb Waiter is a one-act play by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter written in 1957; it premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Club, on 21 January 1960.

Synopsis: 
Two hit-men, Ben and Gus are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. Ben is the senior member of the team and is reading a newspaper when the action begins. Gus is the junior member and is tying his shoes as the play opens. Gus asks many questions of Ben as he gets ready for their job and tries to make tea, including questions about their job (Gus seems to be questioning the concept of being a hit-man). They argue over the semantics of "light the kettle" and "put on the kettle". Ben continues reading his paper most of the time, and reads excerpts of it to Gus sometimes, it seems, to change the topic of conversation. Ben gets increasingly more animated in his newspaper story-telling, and Gus's questions become more and more pointed, and at points nearly nonsensical. As the tension rises the physicality of the two players increases accordingly.
In the back of the room is a dumbwaiter, which delivers occasional food orders. This is mysterious and both characters seem to be puzzled as to why these orders keep coming. At one point they send up some snack food that Gus had brought along. As these orders come in, the tension builds to the point where they even come to blows. Ben has to explain to the people above via the dumbwaiter's "speaking tube" that there is no food. This whole sequence is rather odd because the basement is clearly not outfitted for fulfillment of the orders.
Gus leaves the room to get a drink of water in the bathroom, and the dumbwaiter's speaking tube whistles (a sign that there is a person on the other end who wishes to communicate). Ben listens carefully—we gather from his replies that their victim has arrived and is on his way to the room. Ben shouts for Gus, who is still out of the room. The door that the target is supposed to enter from flies open, Ben rounds on it with his gun, and Gus enters, stripped of his jacket, waistcoat, tie and gun. There is a long silence as the two stare at each other before the curtain comes down (the implication is that Gus is the person that Ben has been employed to kill



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Habib Tanvir ji - “KUCH YAADEIN, KUCH BAATEIN” on 8th June ,2011


Habib Tanvir ji - “KUCH YAADEIN, KUCH BAATEIN” - Memorial meeting.

Do join us ... In remembering the eminent playwright and theatre Director Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

0n 8th June, 2011 at 6:30 pm- 7.30pm at Asmita rehearsal venue, Nav Shakti School , ITO, opposite Hindi Bhawan, New Delhi,India 



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