De Britse schrijver Harold Pinter werd geboren op 10 oktober 1930 in Londen. Zie ook mijn blog van 10 oktober 2010 en eveneens alle tags voor Harold Pinter op dit blog.
Uit: The Dumb Waiter
“GUS. I wonder who it’ll be tonight.
[Silence]
Eh, I’ve been wanting to ask you something.
BEN. [putting his legs on the bed] Oh, for Christ’s sake.
GUS. No. I was going to ask you something.
[He rises and sits on Ben’s bed]
BEN. What are you sitting on my bed for?
[Gus sits]
What’s the matter with you? You’re always asking me questions. What’s the matter with you?
GUS. Nothing.
BEN. You never used to ask me so many damn questions. What’s come over you?
GUS. No, I was just wondering.
BEN. Stop wondering. You’ve got a job to do. Why don’t you just do it and shut up?
GUS. That’s what I was wondering about.
BEN. What?
GUS. The job.
BEN. What job?
GUS. [tentatively] I thought perhaps you might know something.
[Ben looks at him.]
I thought perhaps you — I mean — have you got any idea — who’s it going to be tonight?
BEN. Who what’s going to be?
[They look at each other]
GUS. [at length] Who it’s going to be.
[Silence]
BEN. Are you feeling all right?
GUS. Sure.
BEN. Go and make the tea.
GUS. Yes, sure.
[Gus exits, Ben looks after him. He then takes his revolver from under the pillow and checks it for ammunition. Gus re-enters]
The gas has gone out.
BEN. Well, what about it?
GUS. There’s a meter.
BEN. I haven’t got any money.
GUS. Nor have I.
BEN. You’ll have to wait.
GUS. What for?
BEN. For Wilson.
GUS. He might not come. He might just send a message. He doesn’t always come.
BEN. Well, you’ll have to do without it, won’t you?”
Harold Pinter (10 oktober 1930 – 24 december 2008)
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