"The Dumb Waiter" as an Example of the Combination of the Absurdist and Naturalistic Traditions of Theatre.

Outline Pinter is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing post-war playwrights. His works are imbued with tension, but an understated tension, one which the audience itself often creates out of its own imaginings. His plays The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter, but in particular the Dumb Waiter, are indeed a meeting of the Naturalist and Absurdist traditions of drama, combining to form Pinter's own 'Comedy of Menace'. His plays are often tightly controlled, set in …

…Edition. Published by Cornell University Press, 1993. Aronson, Arnold. America Theatre in Context: 1945 - Present. Taken from American Theatre: Volume III. Edited by Don B. Wilmeth and Christopher Bigsby. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2000. Harrington, John P. Samuel Beckett and the Countertradition- taken from Twentieth Century Irish Drama, Edited by Shaun Richard. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2004. Anonymous. Naturalism and Realism. Published on Website - http://www.newberry.edu/theatre/theatre/THE%20110/REALISM%20AND%20NATURALISM.htm