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Unit 3 - Dumb waiter and Silent movie

Context The Dumb Waiter was first presented at the Hampstead Theatre Club on 21 January 1960. It transferred to the Royal Court Theatre on 8 March 1960, with the same cast and produced for television by the BBC on 23 July 1985. It is a one-act comedy drama play by Harold Pinter written in 1957. "The Dumb Waiter is Pinter distilled – the very essence of a writer who tapped into our desire to seek out meaning, confront injustice and assert our individuality.” This well-known play by playright Harold Pinter it is set in a safe house.  The scene starts in a basement room:  two beds flat against the back wall, a serving hatch- closed- between the beds, a door to the kitchen and lavatory to the left and a door to a passage on the right. This project involved the other creative departments and I assisted the creative media department.  The production was recorded. The silent movie that was performed by me and Altin was based on the Dumb Waiter.   As I...