Review: THE DUMB WAITER AND A SLIGHT ACHE at The GREENWICH THEATRE, LONDON

 


My review of The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache at The Greenwich Theatre, London, on behalf of West End Best Friend: 

The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache are two one-act plays by Harold Pinter that have been connected together by director James Haddrell to create one evening of solid theatrical entertainment, with some interesting threads linking the two initially unrelated-seeming stories. 

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